Show ours is the age of criticism rather than ow one of confident s age of criticism belief wo we have examined rather than belief tested and duly estimated by br REV DR KASM ODGERS everything this puter of epworth aps fps al Chur ciri cacan I 1 attitude had to be but may we not overdo it better too great credulity than too li 11 atle wo we are standing today in the light of our easter easier for the christian this faith involves our loftiest loft iest aspirations Is it too great a hope for mankind no for we believe constantly not too much but too little we are not too swift in trusting our hearts but too slow from r rom all that we know we may say to our heart believe did the primitive man dream of the man that was to be and was it only a dream but how little could he be prophesy a shakespeare or a milton webster had a glorious hope for the future of the union yet he was confident that our vast wilderness in the west would be forever unoccupied by civilization so it has ever been who that looked forward as a lover could fore realize the joy of such an experience who that ever entered into friendship with god but found him to surpass all expectations love and life god and salvation death and heaven there all we see through a glass darkly we are too slow to trust ourselves to the great hope and truth of life |