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bined to bring about the spiritual regeneration of man, the purification of the body and the spirit. The Bramo Somaj takes little account of outward propriety, or utility, and seeks the salvation of the very being itself. Deism is the religion of the intellect; there is not much heart, or soul, or life in it. There is not much faith or prayer in it. All its faith is the faith of the reasoner and the philosopher. All its prayer is the formal utterance of some intellectual abstractions. It does not believe in any inspiration or direct communion with the spirit of God. The faith of the Brahmo Somaj is real, living, and fiery. It is God-vision and God-consciousness; it is faith in God as the Life of the universe; faith in God as the indwelling Sustainer and guiding Spirit of the soul, the Inspirer and Source of every thing good and holy in man's existence; faith in God as holding wonderful spiritual dealings with individuals and nations having for their common purpose the salvation of the whole human race. Theism is God in Nature, God in the Soul, God in History. Deism, by belief in an abstract God, tries