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Show U ni tarianism in Utah to church in a coldly analytical and critical mood, ourselves against any emotional experience, capture At its religion. best, worship is we hardening shall never filled with the spirit of celebration. tragic world it is difficult to remain joyous. People with alert minds cannot accept the sugary optimism of a Pollyanna. In a are ever with us, and of human philosophic outlook which accepts The facts of disease and death cruelty and war. Only a the perverseness in men and is able to rise above the immediate events of the present, seeing life under what George Santayana has called "the aspect of the infinite," know joy and inward peace. Sensitization to a beauty order of man's not awareness which the evoke that mood. A of man's making or poetic sense of for man's love of o'erthrowing nature history arising ascent can sustain it. affords from can and an - - can knowledge A few great souls who long embody it in radiant completeness warm our souls. But in these days we are very far from a sure grasp upon any joyous faith. We are caught between old words that have grown hollow with uncritical repetition, and yet mellowed with time. In a authoritarian supernaturalism to not day new words that of transition from are an natural religious ex perience, frankly experimental purpose in our worship. While endeavoring to hold fast to old patterns of worship that have enduring ethical and esthetic it should be our a to be meaning in them, we should also create expression for the free and aspiring soul. new modes of Our church seeks to promote character in youth through religious education. A time comes when liberal parents realize the need for such influences on their children as we offer and 278 they bring their children to us. We desire to meet this challenge adequately. Our aim is not to inculcatewhich means "grind in with the heel" by catechetical - |
