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Show John Malick shepherds get so busy pounding among the rocks with their geologic hammers, examining the flowers and looking at the birds and stars, that they hardly know how many have Our left the fold. We lose much in denominational power, lose the cumulative effect that could come if each man could not only his work see natural boundary steadily and see it whole, but also lines and allow each succeeding see its man, as in the ancient games, to snatch the torch from runner still. We are familiar with the law of life that sets apart an organ body or in SOCiety for a special work joining them together in a larger unity, the body or society. It has been the good fortune of the church to join temporarily in history in the with the great forces of human society. She has given birth to many great humanitarian movements, which have gone out into the world and do not know their own mother. This is especially true of our own church. Because of mixed motives, the church took became a hand in government, played king, according to her temporal the rules of the game, not of her spiritual but side. It is now the best judgment of the world that the church good was an not a success at astute politician, played governing. It was not for the church. The church was schoolmaster and saved to us through the Ages much learning of the past. There was no other institution to do it. But the judgment of history is that the Middle church is slow responsive to change. already old before she takes courage to give it. One A fact is too to teach. She is not has but to know the science department college to know that this is true. The church of pain and played doctor. was nurse and sat by beds her healing according Men who a field for special work. that healing and surgery were much administered knowledge. But this is speak with accuracy say She of a denominational to 23 1 |
