Faith Then, In Its Relation To Salvation,

We Say Then, That Christianity Is Adapted To The Intellect, Because Its Spirit Coincides With That Of True Philosophy; Because It Removes The Incubus Of Sensuality And Low Vice; Because Of The Place It Gives To Truth; Because It Demands Free Inquiry; Because Its Mighty Truths And Systems Are Brought Before The Mind In The Same Way As The Truths And Systems Of Nature; Because It Solves Higher Problems Than Nature Can; And Because It Is So Communicated As To Be Adapted To Every Mind.

Nothing But The Cross Of Christ Can So Startle The Spiritual Nature From Its Torpor, As To Make It An Effectual Counterpoise To The Debasing And Sensual Tendencies Of The Race. Favored By Temperament And Education, Individuals May Measurably Escape; But If The Race Is To Triumph In The Conflict Between The Flesh And The Spirit, Between The Lower Propensities And The Higher Nature, They Must, As Constantine Is Said To Have Done, See The Cross, And On It The Motto, "in Hoc Signo Vinces." By This Sign We Conquer.

Man Has Wants Deeper Than Can Be Supplied By Wealth Or Nature Or Domestic Affections. His Great Relations Are To His God And To Eternity.

The Strength That We Want Is Not A Brute, Unregulated Strength; The Beauty That We Want Is No Mere Surface Beauty; But We Want A Beauty On The Surface Of Life That Is From The Central Force Of Principle Within, As The Beauty On The Cheek Of Health Is From The Central Force At The Heart.

Christianity Alone Inspires And Guides Progress; For The Progress Of Man Is Movement Toward God. And Movement Toward God Wili Ensure A Gradual Unfolding Of All That Exalts And Adorns Man.