Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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bodies, as at present constituted, are unable to cope with
the ever-increasing demand for fine, high-strung bodies,
and nerves, tempered to those subtler forces of the universe
which are now rapidly becoming known. How
true are the Master's words that one cannot put new
wine into old bottles, and they are as apt to-day as they
were when_he first uttered them. Then. as now, the
Spirit of God was moving with great power upon the
waters of human life; and new ideals, and new conditions
of living were forging their way into general recognition;
because they were necessary_ to express the
spirit of the new times working mightily, as a leaven,
in the hearts and activities of men.
Concerning the necessities of our own immediate future,
it is a matter of far-reaching import that nature is
yielding more and more of her latent powers to the con~
trol of man; and our responsibilities 'are increasingly
great, so it may fall to our share to wield for good or ill
those vast stores of inter-atomic energy, hitherto hidden
from our knowledge, and from our command.
Knowledge of the root cause of the general incapacity
of the race to meet the demand of the new times, is
everywhere being forced out of the hidden pages
human life into universal cognition; and we are coming
to know that this incapacity is directly due to a frightful
moral wastage of the vital force that is in man.
In view of the foregoing we should do well to reflect
that the fearful blight of social evil lies heavy upon the
world, with all its tainting effects upon the human constitution,
wrought out in wide~spread disease, and threatened,
if not actual, degeneracy of the race. Such is the
result of our failure to use the sex-energy towards the
accomplishment of our high destiny.
Nevertheless, it is some comfort to know that the
light of the Spirit is showing in the darkness, and that
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