Substance of Faith Allied With Science: A Catechism for Parents and Teachers 1907

1907. There is a growing conception of religion which regards it not as a thing for special hours or special days, but as a reality permeating the whole of life. The old superstition that God does one thing and not another, that He speaks more directly through the thunder of catastrophe or the mystery of miracle than through the quiet voice of ordinary existence, all this is beginning to show signs of expiring in the light of a coming day. Partial Contents: Ascent of man; Development of conscience; Character and will; Duty and service; Goodness and beauty and God; Man a part of the universe; Nature of evil; Meaning of sin; Development of life; Cosmic intelligence; Immanence; Truth of inspiration; Life eternal; Prayer; Kingdom of heaven.