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by a stern unchangeable law in which the Medes and the Persians would rejoice, bat by the beam of light upon that man's path and the fund of facilities at his disposal. "Unto whom much is given, of him much shall be required," necessarily implies the converse truth that unto whom little is given, of him little shall be required. The world is a vast school where each pupil is trained and disciplined in accordance with his tastes and capacities. To expect an invariable standard of morality, therefore, involves not only an impossibility in fact but also a reflection upon the wisdom and mercy of God.*[1] That the conscience of an evil-doer lies dormant does not in the least tell upon the strength of the Theistic argument. This life is but the preliminary to an endless career that ranges beyond
- ↑ * Writing some half a dozen years ago, one whom the whole country knows, honours and loves—Mr. A. O. Hume—says, "Admitting that truth is infinite, and that our minds are finite,—that not only is the point of view of each individual somewhat different from that of even his neighbours, but that the. stand-points of different nations, and different ages are widely differed,—how can any really wise and spiritually-minded man contend that any scripture can be an infallible revelation to mankind generally of the present day?" 'No infallible revelation of Divine truth would be of any use to us mortals." "Divine truth resides only with the One Only-'
