“IN THE BEGINNING.”
“The beginnings of religion as of everything' else that is human, are enshrouded in mist. We have no ‘recorded thought of man which goes'back to the period of his slow emergence into ‘ manhood. Wo shall never know what’ thoughts of God'flickered in his brain throughout the long millennia ere ever he liad learned to- articulate liiis thought dr' to record it for the guidance ‘of others. Our’.oldest religions leave buried in darkness ftie,roots otit'of which they sprang. Oui\ most venerable manuscripts are essentially recent and were written' by those who, no less than ourselves. Hooked back into a shadowy past, followed tradition so .fir as they could trace it, and then niade affirmation, concerning the silence which underlay their questing, usually , in the light of some recent .great event. ‘ln the beginning, God’s ".was, not the statement of a specially privileged observer, but the intuition of a Seer. No- one to-day. .cpiiJrL, without qualification his ensuring description .. of.....the., creatiye... _..proc£s,s.,_ 'though 1 an vane to-day may'.shate hiid deepest intuition cbhcerni great 4 First Cause.’’—Dr "Norwood,' preaching [ •at the City Temple, London.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1930, Page 6
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184“IN THE BEGINNING.” Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1930, Page 6
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