THERAPEUTIC importance of religion: miracles, not proofs but signs,-(1) that seeking health is a religious duty; (2) that pain is not God's will; (3) of the BODY AND SOUL PART I-GENERAL CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION THERE are signs of revival in Christendom. This revival has about it an air of spontaneity that is very remarkable. It has not sprung from the clergy, nor has it originated in the Universities. Rather it would seem as if the average man, who as often as not has not belonged to any religious body, is finding his way by himself because of some voice within him. There is an Epiphany preparing; and from all quarters of the world the quiet tramp of many feet is heard: the tramp of men and women, walking through the darkness with some decision towards a centre where heaven and earth, they think, are met together. They have no quarrel with orthodox Christianity; for the era of negations and protestations has passed away. But neither have they any allegiance. Indeed, they are a little impatient about dogma. And this is not to be wondered at: dogma to them means. |