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glorified humanity, whom I worship, as being all of the Infinite 

 Spirit of the Universe that can be translated into human 

 nature. ... It appears to me that the Lord, in order to 

 accomplish human redemption and enter the soul of man with 

 his sanctifying influences, must needs have become incarnate 

 in the outward manifestation of Jesus Christ, the Aoyos irpo- 

 cjyopiKos of the Christian Platonists. I know this is very shock- 

 ing to the Unitarians.* I remember the shudder with which I 

 used to shut my ears against the Litany prayers : ' By thine 

 agony and bloody sweat,' etc., 6 Good Lord, deliver us.' I can 

 only say, I am driven to it, in spite of the rational logic, and 

 find a nearness to the Lord which I never before experienced. 

 I have a kind of horror now of being led by logic, which I 

 suppose is a necessary, though not an enduring, reaction. . . . 

 All forms of words, theologies, etc., appear to me so partial 

 and imperfect, that I am far more tolerant than I was of 

 opposing forms. 



" On Monday morning I met my sister Mary. . . . She 

 looked more the old woman than she used to ; but had the 

 same determined energy. I took her to Section F. [Economic 

 Science, etc.], where they gave her a chair at the table, by Sir 

 J. Kay Shuttleworth. She was also reassured by finding her 

 friend, Mr. Nassau Senior, in the chair. I sat behind to see 

 the people. There was a great gathering of the celebrities 

 to hear her. . . . She stood up and read in her usual clear 

 voice and expressive enunciation/' f In the discussion which 

 followed, Philip confirmed her position — that other schools 

 were needed beside those then helped by Government — by 



* His view seems similar to that of Swedenborg (see p. 126). There 

 is a great variety of opinions among Unitarians (as among Trinitarians). 

 A few, especially in America, would accord with Philip. Those who hold, 

 with Paul, that believers " may be filled with all the fulness of God " cer- 

 tainly must affirm this of Christ. Arians and Socinians worshipped Christ : 

 modern Unitarians, however, think it most Christian to follow Christ's 

 own directions as to prayer ; and to pray to Him who is a Spirit — the 

 Father. 



t See "The Life and Work of Mary Carpenter," p. 266, where an 

 extract from this letter is given. 



