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Show I Of nations, as of men, tho four corners '. of character aro integrity, 'industry, justice . f WYfl,n and love. These arc, directly affected by tho eaieril religious life of tho people, and by them tho Civili" valne of religious philosophy may bp known. . . ' Taking but two of these, justice and ZcltlOIl love, tho contrast between tho two sides of " Superior ths r With all its imperfections tho western - civilization has a standard of honor and "an ' By REV. THOMAS EDW. BARR administration of justice far beyond that of , . .rmtrhwU'i Church, Hilwiuket. tho east; and both in tho treatment of E " women and in euro for the unfortunato thoro is a difference which makes biblical civilizations civiliza-tions unique. For this differenco there- is a reason, deep in human nature. Scieneo must rest on u theory of lifo which gives unity and stability to nature When, at last, European thinkers realized freedom to investigate tho religious re-ligious atmosphere in which thoy lived, an atmosphere pregnant with tho if thought that "tho earth is tho Lord's and tho fulness thereof," mightily helped them to trace order and unity in nature. |