Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... THE FURTHER MEANING OF THE FACT About the meaning of the fact of Christ which we have just discussed one thing is plain--that it is not the full meaning of that fact. It clearly raises questions that call for further investigation. If it be the first meaning of the fact it is only the first. This meaning must itself have a meaning. We have already said about Jesus more--incomparably more--than can be said of any other man, but just because we have said so much we must say more still. With no mental satisfaction can we halt at the present stage. To say that Jesus Himself exhibited an absolutely stainless and ideal character, and that moreover, He is able, though His form left this earth centuries ago, still to be an inspiration of the most personal kind in men's hearts, by which they, too, are, at least to some degree, enabled to realize that otherwise impossible ideal--to say all this and then lay down the pen is utterly inconclusive. If it be ethically and spiritually impossible to say less, then it is intellectually incumbent to say more. The finding of this first meaning of the fact of Christ is the setting before us of new questions that need a further answer. The questions thus raised are of the following kind. Is a phenomenon in history and experience, such as has been described, not one of quite peculiar and commanding significance for our philosophy of life and nature? Can it be accounted for along with, and in the same way as, other phenomena? May we not, and must we not, 'amid the darkness of the world, ' accept it 'as throwing a vivid and particular light on the nature of the force that is guiding the destinies of man and of the soul?'1 May we not through it find some foundation for a faith--for some real assurance concerning a..
