of trade centers and hold world expositions--The

Spiritual is eternal-The Future life of much interest-

Shall we know our friends in heaven?-Death ends all

fleshly ties Only the Spiritual remains-Temporal

things are evanescent-These do not satisfy--They

unfit us for Spiritual development-John iii. 8 sugges-

tive of much practical help in the Christian life

CHAPTER VI.

The Spiritual Man's Ethical

Commandment-Childhood,

Standard. The New

boyhood and man-

hood of the race-The Struggle for Self, the Struggle

for Others and the Struggle for God-The last compre-

hends the other two-Beginning to understand the

difference between Christianity and Judaism—In

what respect the New Commandment differs from the

old-It is more comprehensive-It includes the whole

world in its scope-It is more unselfish-The Old was

not golden, not even pewter when compared with the

New-We must love one another as he loved us-How

did he love us? He was rich and became poor for us;

He died for us, and lives for us-The standard of con-

duct is a person-How would Christ act in a given

case, or how would he wish us to act? We appeal all

conduct to him—Is he able and willing to help us?—

He is our example-This better than precept-Man is

an artist, he needs a pattern or example-The Sinless-

ness of Jesus-His simplicity-The harmony of his

character-This personal standard simplifies ethics-

Jesus meets every condition of conduct...

CHAPTER VII.

The Spiritual Man's Great Teacher. The wonderful say-
ings of Jesus-We must listen to the Teacher to know
what to do-A new passion for Jesus-Uniqueness of
his ministry-His teaching goes into the teeth of hu-
man passion and prejudices-Marked by originality-
Christ never legislated; he simply said things-He
never discussed any thing, and yet he spake as never
man spake-He never wrote any thing; the words
which he spake were spirit and life-He never sought

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the patronage of the official classes; the common peo-

ple were those who heard him gladly-He did not

build colleges and universities in the modern sense;

yet he had a college with him wherever he went-He

never sought the assistance of the rich; He saw noth-

ing but character-He did not invoke the help of mil-

itary power; he taught that whoever takes the sword

shall perish by the sword-The secret of his power as

a teacher-His emphasis of individuality—We ought

to vote as we pray-How things are managed in

heaven-We must educate the one man-Christ sought

to save the lowliest one man; the Prodigal Son the

type-We aim to save the noble; he aimed to save the

sinner-What was required of the sinner; simply re-

pentance: Christ measured men by what they were

inwardly-Bible Colleges and our State Universities;

how to adjust them-Head and heart; logic of the

heart as well as the head-Light on the educational

problem-The influence of home life- The possibili-

ties of the New Century-The three that abide, Faith,

Hope and Love-The opposites are Unbelief, Despair

and Hatred-A view from the Southern Rigi-We are

drifting toward the light of the morning......

CHAPTER VIII.

The Spiritual Man's Rest in the Rest-Giver. The world's
unrest-How men have sought to find rest-Some run
away from their troubles-The philosophy of
Nietzsche-Some try to drown their sorrows in dissi-
pation-Some resort to suicide-The Remedy for the
world's unrest too simple to command belief-We
like mystery-General Booth's scheme will not do-
We must stop the factories where paupers are made,
rather than rescue the paupers-How can rest be
found?-First condition Certainty; nothing so cer-
tain as Certainty-The infallible Christ vs. the infal-
lible Pope-Religious society passing through a
cyclone-Progress can not stop-Certainty must have
personality-Doctrines will not bring rest-Christ the
center of Spiritual power-The strength and weakness
of Romanism and Protestantism-Personality must be
implicitly trusted-Christ as our Prophet, Priest and

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King is all we need-He is the Hope of the World-A

word with the working classes-The way out of our

difficulties-Modern Socialism begins at the wrong

end of the line-Sin must be dealt with Christ all in

all-His influence exerted through his disciples-They

represent him on earth and become practically Christ

Himself in an important sense-"Applied Christian-

ity"-A suggested revision movement-The Church as

the body of Christ-Where is the Apostolic Church?—

Sin the fundamental cause of all our social evils-Five

words cover the ground of recovery from social dis-

order, viz: Certainty, Personality, Confidence, Organ-

ization, and Work-A Second Coming of Christ-An

enchanting picture-Rest at last....

CHAPTER IX.

The Spiritual Man in the Church. Hindrances to Church

progress (1) Inherited weakness; (2) Worldly in-

fluence; (3) Judaism; (4) Hellenistic influence; (5)

Roman habits and customs; (6) The influence of fail-

ure; (7) The influence of division-The whole scope

of the subject embraces seven churches-Only three

of these will be considered-The Ideal Church; the

Real Church, and the Church of the Future-The

Ideal approaches the Infinite-Some facts of Astrono-

my-Every Ideal a possibility-Paul's struggle to

reach his Ideal-The Church in History-The Hiatus

between 70 and 150 A. D.-How can this be explain-

ed?-Points of departure from the New Testament

Church-The office of the Evangelist and the Episco-

pate-A plurality of Bishops in the Primitive Church-

The early and modern churches compared-The early

churches not free from carnality; in many respects

not better than the churches of to-day-A high ideal

set before us, but may not be realized-The Bible test-

ed-Things impossible for God to do-The Bible and

Nature agree in the way to make progress-Why the

word of God is inexhaustible-The greatest thing in

the world-If all were perfect there would be no place

for charity-The Ideal Church is always an incentive

to higher achievement-The Church of History and

the Ideal Church must always differ until the former

realizes the latter....

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CHAPTER X.

Departing from the Ideal Church and Returning to it.

Difference and agreement-Points of similarity and

points of departure-The question of Socialism-

What did the Master teach?-Individualism not op-

posed to a true Socialism, but the way to it-Christ

worked through the individual to Society as a whole-

His Social Society the Church, or his body-The

Church in its beginning-How to solve social prob-

lems-The Church a training school for Spiritual

Men-Socialism of the past and present compared-

Some points of departure from the New Testament

Church-The Historic Church has substituted doc-

trines for Christ, human creeds for the Divine Creed,

knowledge for faith, broken the symmetry of the Ideal,

broken the oneness of the Ideal, failed in the ideal

life-The Historic Church the Ideal illustrated in the

lives of weak men and women-What must be done?

(1) Get the right conception; (2) Maintain vigorously

the Ideal; (3) Deal faithfully with the points of iden-

tity; (4) Much remains that is in harmony with the

Ideal; (5) Must not refuse to help the good because

evil is associated with it; (6) More reason for division

on practical than on doctrinal grounds; (7) Must not

cease to labor to reach the high ideal because we seem

to come short of it-Some practical lessons taught-

The Church of the Future; will have at least three

distinguishing characteristics-The Ideal Church may

never be perfectly realized in the present life.......

CHAPTER XI.

The Spiritual Man's Symbol of Power. Weakness and
strength-The evolution of the Crucifix-Emphasis
should be placed on the logos and not on the stauros—
The Cross has been degraded and misused-The Cross
has been in human history since the fall-Repulsive-
ness of the Cross of Christ-Repulsive to both Jew and
Greek-Why?—It is the Power of God and the Wis-
dom of God-Why?-Comes to help; it addresses the
sunny side of our nature; it takes away the sting of
death-The Cross and the Law-Meets the Curse of

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the Law-It is the symbol of both struggle and vic-

tory-Its power illustrated-The way over Calvary

leads to the Crown.

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CHAPTER XII.

The Spiritual Man's Equipment for Service. Men of Faith

the need of our Times-Men are the Servants of God;

Things are the servants of men-God rested on the

seventh day because he had created a worker-Man

must now subdue the earth, and bring all under his

dominion-God and Man associated in history-Salva-

tion of the world dependent on man more than on what

he uses-Mistakes as to Growth-We emphasize the

wrong things-Instrumentality important, but not the

most important-There must be the right spirit-The

modern spirit of money-getting dangerous-Right

methods must be adopted-Many walk by sight-Moral

heroism in Apostolic days-Modern evangelism needs

reform-Hypnotic evangelists-The auctioneering

style-Psychical and Pneumatical Converts-Esti-

mates of success should not be wholly horizontal; we

should consider height and depth-God adds Christ-

ians together-Christian union the work of men-The

modern scientific spirit opposed to faith—This ought

not to be the case—The Psyche and Pneuma in con-

flict-The reign of Faith may be restored-The pres-

ent outlook-Men of Faith, Spiritual Men, must come

to the front-Perhaps a persecution might help us-

The Gospel will finally triumph-Three Religious

Movements-Dying for faith and living for it-Spirit-

ual Men will certainly conquer..

CHAPTER XIII.

The Spiritual Man's Assurance of Victory. Unity in Di-
versity-Every thing connected with
every other
thing-The meaning of Rom. viii. 28, 29–-Has been
used for theological purposes-Passage eminently
practical and helpful in the Christian life-The
meaning of "foreknow," not God's omniscience, but
His approval in former dispensations-Refers to
ancient heroes such as are recorded in Heb. ii. chap-

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