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of the heart (Kant's "moral law within"). The idea of an antagonism

seems to have been cardinal in the thought of the Essenes and the

Orphic cult and in the Persian dualism. So, too, Buddhism seems to

be "antagonistic." On the other hand, the Moslem teaching and

modern Judaism seem absolutely to combine and identify the two; God

the creator is altogether and without distinction also God the King

of Mankind. Christianity stands somewhere between such complete

identification and complete antagonism. It admits a difference in

attitude between Father and Son in its distinction between the Old

Dispensation (of the Old Testament) and the New. Every possible

change is rung in the great religions of the world between

identification, complete separation, equality, and disproportion of

these Beings; but it will be found that these two ideas are, so to

speak, the basal elements of all theology in the world. The writer

is chary of assertion or denial in these matters. He believes that

they are speculations not at all necessary to salvation. He

believes that men may differ profoundly in their opinions upon these

points and still be in perfect agreement upon the essentials of

religion. The reality of religion he believes deals wholly and

exclusively with the God of the Heart. He declares as his own

opinion, and as the opinion which seems most expressive of modern

thought, that there is no reason to suppose the Veiled Being either

benevolent or malignant towards men. But if the reader believes

that God is Almighty and in every way Infinite the practical outcome

is not very different. For the purposes of human relationship it is