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

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BY ELI
*YY* N looking over the rapid progress in intellect-
'P *I* ual growth of the present day, we are
`E' "!' often led to ask, What will men and
fp il' women be like in the near future? In the
¥'¥"¥'¥ past they have been slaves to their passions;
tied down by the god of generation, giving their life to
their offspring.
Our fathers and mothers have given us
our bodies, and while we regard their sacrifice for us
with filial reverence, yet their manner of life and sacrifice
is not the highest.
In this period of the world's
there is a demand for superior
development of mind,
In the
men and women.
past there have been a religious veneration and regard
for men who deserve no such veneration. These were
lofty in pride, haughty, dictatorial, and overbearing.
Their every act exprest the thought, "I am superior to
you." Such men act thru the operations of the physical,
sensual mind, and not from any agency above-not
from the mind of God.
man
The highest and most superior
or woman is a son of God, or a godlike man and a
godlike woman as one. These will constitute the superior
man and woman of the future. They will transcend
man of our present day only because
of their superior
manhood and womanhood. They will surpass those of
to day in goodness and truth, their character will be too
firm to be
subdued or affected by the passions of the