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Era,\"“TheChallenge of the City,\"\"Eapansion,”\"TheNexct Great Awakening,\"“Tho Timesand Young Men,\"etc.,ete.  \nNEW YORKTHE BAKER &TAYLOR COMPANY  \n1910  \nCoPYRIGHT,1910BY  \nTHE BAKER&TAYLOR COMPANYPuBLISHED,AUGUST,1910  \n# FOREWORD\n\nThe results of modern Biblical criti-cism,the passing of theology into solu-tion,and the shifting of the currents ofthought have made it difficult for manymen to keep their religion.  \nWhat a man really needs is a religionthat will keep hin,—keep him patientand strong and hopeful under the wearand tear of life;keep him sufficientlyalive and growing to readjust himselfto changing conditions;keep his faceto the future and maintain and deepenhis interest in the public welfare andthe progress of the world;keep his heartwarm toward God and his brother men.  \nThe man of strong religious convic-tions is confident that the future life  \n# Foreword\n\nwill stamp his particular faith as thegenuine thing,and that the deluded be-lievers in other isms will then be forcedto recognize the superiority of his.  \nBut I submit that a religion is to betested by this life rather than the next.If our conceptions of heaven are at allcorrect,it is a deal harder to keep cleanand unselfish and faithful down herethan it is up there.We are supposedto have got through with temptations,struggles,disappointments and bereave-ments when we reach heaven.It is whenthe tempest is driving us toward therocks that the anchor and chain aretested,not after we have reached thepeaceful harbor.  \nThe real question is what is a man'sreligion worth to him here and now?What does it enable him to become,andwhat does it inspire him to do?And itis very unlikely that the religion which  \nForeword  \nmakes most of a man here will make lessthan the most of him hereafter.  \nThis is a practical age and we are apractical people,hence it is not thetheory but the practice of religion whichappeals to us.Not creed,not logic,butexperience is the test.That religion isbest which in a great variety of circum-stances works best.  \nThe past fifty years have been prob-ably the most interesting half centuryin the history of the world;and doubt-less the two great revolutions whichhave taken place—the one in the worldof thought,the other in the physicalworld—requiring a double readjust-ment of life,have put as great a strainon religious faith as it is likely to sufferat any time.  \nMy religious experience has coveredprecisely that period,and has enabledme to make a readjustment of faith and  \nForeword  \nlife which was of vital importance.Thischange was made not only without lossof faith,but with unspeakable gain ofconviction,of joy and,I trust,of use-fulness.  \nThe vast majority of the members ofour churches have not yet made this re-adjustment.Many are in the midst ofthe process,and not a few are losingtheir way.  \nIt has been thought that my experi-ence might be helpful to others.Henceon the following invitation of an editorI have told what my religion means tome.  \nThe less restricted limits of this littlebook permit me to expand somewhatthe original paper.  \nI hope that it may help many to en-large their religion to the full measureof life.  \nForeword  \nTHE CIRCLE MAGAZINE.  \nDear Dr.Strong:  \nI am asking a number of people whoare prominent in the world of laymen aquestion which I wish also to put toyou,as a sincere Christian rather thana minister of the Gospel.  \nWhat does your Faith really meanto you?  \nTo one man his religion is a creed;to another a hope;to a third an anchor.To one man it is an actual factor in hisdaily life and business,a spur to am-bition,a source of power throughprayer,a check against rorong doing;to another it is a vague indefinite spirit-ual exaltation;to another still,a matterof Sunday services and Wednesdayprayer meetings.To some men it isall of these things,and to others per-haps ","cbCainHJQoYX8FqF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainHJQoYX8FqF","pdf",2115796,64,"English","# Foreword\n## Editor’s Letter and 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