| Show GOD ALWAYS IN HUMANITY impossible to imagine the time when he will withdraw hia his pre pres ence from ue Us so long as thero there bo be in the human heart one fiber to vibrate at the sound of that which is true and just and honorable so long as the instinctively pure soul prefers purity to life so long as there bo be found friends of truth ready to sacrifice their peace in the cause of science friends of righteousness to devote themselves to holy and useful work works of mercy womanly hearts to love N w whatever la Is good beautiful and pure artists to render it by sound and color and words of inspiration so long god will dwell within us it could only be when eg egoism olsta meanness of soul narrowness of mind indifference to knowledge contempt for human rights forgetfulness ot of that which is great and noble invaded the worl dit could only be then that god would bo be in humanity no more but far from us be thoughts like lika these thesel our aspirations our sufferings our very faults and are the proof that the ideal lives in us yes human life is still something dt divine our apparent negations are often nothing more than the scruples of timid minds that fear to pass bt beyond the limits of their they are a worthier homage to the divinity than the adoration of a spirit riven given over to routine god is still within us est dous deus in renan |
