will my will; I will be dead in my reason that he may live in me, and all my deeds shall be his deeds.”’”[1]
Where does all this come from, and how do I know it is true? I answer without hesitation, it comes from the religious experience, which in it speaks with a single voice. And if more is wanted, as an inclined plane for the common-sense intelligence, I say that any one who considers human nature in the light of the facts of love, loyalty, community, will see that the character which in religion comes to a climax, is its very essence or centre or vital knot. Nobody is anything except as he joins himself to something. “Be a whole or join a whole.” “You cannot be a whole unless you join a whole.”
This, I believe, is religion. Strictly speaking, we need go no further. Here is peace, victory, salvation. If your creed
- ↑ Bradley, Ethical Studies, p. 293, note.
