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Excerpt from The Church's Message for the Coming Time: 11 Religion and Human Progress
It is impossible to go farther into the subject here. All that we attempt is to point out the bearing of facts into which the reader can look for himself. AS he does so, and realizes that without taboo - the feeling that some things must not be done - the splendid fabric of civilization could not have begun to arise, the reader will find it difficult to avoid concluding that the same supernatural power which implanted the instinct in man has guided its development for man's own benefit.
To sum up. History shows us that the Christian ideal is one which achieves great things; and that it does this not by mere outward compulsion, but because it changes the whole mental and moral atmosphere. It exhibits extraordinary resourcefulness in dealing with new problems; and though the human frailty of its followers obscures it for a time, it recovers its brilliancy. Furthermore, we see reason for believing that it is the product of a faculty which is supernaturally implanted and guided.
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