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 second of the articles in this volume, a piece which may profitably be studied along with its positive pendant on ‘ Toleration ’ among the ‘ Meditations What wonder if such pronouncements of “ humane catholicity ” from “ a level head over square shoulders ” should have uniformly challenged singular attention and respect on the floor of the Council Chamber ? Secondly, the Heavenward hanker of the mystic spirit does not force it away into the purely speculative or sentimental detachment of the ascetic and the ancliorite, but only invigorates it with the dynamic and hallows it with the afflatus of they)atriot and the reformer for the practical problems of home and society. The religion that nurtures'the life of God iu the genial soul within strives, also and thereby, to radiate the glory of God through a regenerate liumanity ythout. • The Presence that informs is likewise the Power that impels.

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