God Reigns

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Excerpt from God Reigns: Lay SermonsNowhere in the writings of Moses or in the New Testament, is any direct attempt made to prove the existence of God {that is and must be assumedkas the ba51s of all reasoning. The God-sentiment, feeling the existence of God, has probably been common, in greater or less degree of crudity and grossness among all peoples. And all have agreed at least in this that each has clothed his idol in his own human attributes, and their gods are cruel, vengeful, jealous, dishonest, or loving, bene heent, forgiving and fatherly, after the modelof their own natures. Some, however, have denied the existence of God 5 but it is the God of others they deny, while themselves deify Nature, or Law, or even Chance. But the God-sentiment toward the great controlling and unifying Harmony of the universe remains, even with them who have expelled God from their reason.The existence of God, then, IS assumed, and is admitted to be in the nature of things as incapable of proof as is that of the universe. Berkeley, and many other philosophers before him and since, and many of them in a more absolute manner than he, have denied the existence of matter 3 but whether objectively in itself or subjectively in ourselves only, matter exists to all men. Let it be only in the foci of forces, or existent in substantial atoms, men will continue to believe in its existence though they continue to dispute as to its essence. So of the existence and attri butes of God.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.