We should remember that we are not made for the sabbath, but that the sabbath is made for us; we are not made for rules, rules are made for us—they change as circumstances change. We are to hold to the essence of a rule, not dogmatically to its form. Change of forms and customs constitutes for many a change from one religion to another. But the deepest import of all the doctrines of all the different prophets is often the same. Most men do not understand this.
But there is equal danger in the case of the intellectually great. They try to know the Highest Truth by the exercise of the intellect only. But the Highest Truth can be known only by realization. Realization is something other than mere understanding. We could not possibly understand the sweetness of sugar if we had not tasted it. Just so, religious knowledge is drawn from the deepest experience of one’s own soul. This we often forget when we seek to learn about God, religious
