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Show ii ' Dr. James L Vance L "Con you give an argument tor th truth of Chrlatlanlty In a word ' - 1 the queetion once asked of Coleridge. Yes. try It." was the poet's answ i. This Is the supreme test and challenge chal-lenge for religion. Will It work-' Can It make good In action What are Its I results? What Is Its finished product'.' Religion Is vastly more than a form 1 of worship or a system of l llef e. llgton is life. If It does not make your life right. It cannot redeem Its. If by claiming to make your creed sound 01 your ritual beautiful. I Certainty Is produced not by dls- l(i .-Ion but b experience Doubt. are noi (iishoivcu o .1 1 ; u ne n 1 iuc I test to whli b th y must be brought la Kin of llf.- itself. I Jesus did not ask His followers to 'accept a system or j'jin any organlzu-tlon. organlzu-tlon. but to live a life. Religion may build great chun hi I and conduct extensive movements and gather numbers and wealth and wield Influence, but If It does not lead poo-ple poo-ple to lead the right kind of life. It Is in vain. The man who lives hi3 religion has acquired thereby a certitude which doubt cannot shake. He Is ablo to s:i not only: "I believe," hut: "T know." He has gin faith the acid test in the stern realities of life, and found that It makes good ll DM reached a certitude which infidelity is j not able to shake, and Which dlscus-lalon dlscus-lalon is not needed lo confirm. He ha-i tried his religion, and found ' that It can do what, it claims to do. anything be satisfactory than this? Could anything be fairer? H , Test out the teachings of religion IK. H your dally life. If you find they lie. ' ' LLbbbb! I reject them If you find them tn H embrace them, and strive dally to order you life as they direct. |