To be near unto God - pagina 239

wisdom has been christened with the name of Evohition and Darwin is called the prophet of this

new

evangel.

This whole system is nothing more than selfinfatuation of unbelieving thought. But there is this tiTith in it, that the whole creation seems to have been built up as a temple in which man should serve as priest. Everything in it points It calls for man. And when at length appears in this temple of nature, everything that went before, appears to have served merely Man has justly as preparation for his coming. been called a world in miniature. The creation only finds its end in man. Almighty God who hides himself in nature as behind a veil, makes personal revelation of himself in man, not only in his power and majesty, but, what is far greater, In man there is self-perception, clear as Spirit. consciousness, thinking after God the thoughts

to man.

man

God. revelation of will, thirst after holiness, the spark of genius, appreciation of the beautiful, premonition of eternal existence, the resumption of being in one personal existei.ce, the imprinted. increat€d knowledge of the Eternal Being, and all this is in him, solely and alone because God created him after his iamge. You can know a master-builder by the palace that he has built, a poet from his poetic works, a cogent thinker from his writings. But the impression of him that remains is altogether different, after you have seen in his picture the features of h's face, the flaming of his e3'e, and the expression of his person. Such is the case here. The Divine Masterbuilder and Artist first showed his works in nature of

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