Sir-The call of Christianity is to God-like living-not to any finding of a satisfying solution of the problem of evil. Christianity assures men that they can hope to be transformed, from being merely "sons of men," into being "sons of God." As such, they can hope to influence the life of the world, at least in some measure, as the eternal Son of God, Jesus Christ our Lord, has done and is doing. He does not enlighten us fully about the mystery of iniquity. What He does about this is to bid us to fight like fury against all corrupting, degrading influence, and to fight as hard not only to get into all that God stands for, but also to take others along with us into Godliness, which is, of course, God-like-ness. And He encourages us to believe that the whole life af the,world is blessed by the presence within it of God-like men and women, whose existence acts like salt, keeping the whole of humanity from putrefaction, like leaven, lightening the.. whole.’ stodgy mass, like light, a very little of which can dispel much darkness. — To refuse to réspond to the call to do all that in one ‘lies towards man’s rising not only to his natural best, but, too, beyond this .into ‘super-natural gloriousness, just because one is not given a satisfying answer to "How did an all-good, all-wise, all-loving) mind come to create evil?" seems to me silly. It is akin to a man’s refusing to use an intricate machine, which he might use to his own good and to the benefit of all mankind, because Xe is not allowed to know fully how it works. How do I know that God is good, wise, loving, etc.? In the scientific way, that of experiment, as well as in the spiritual way, that of making venture of faith. No amount of argument against God’s goodness, wisdom, and love can rob me of my experience of God, Whom I find adorable. Call this a delusion if you must do so, but it is one which makes me expend my whole being on efforts. to dispel all evil and towards the revealing of all the glories latent. in mankind as well as in God.
C.C.
C.
(Cambridge).
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