It Is The Religious Impulse Which Supplies

Reason Lives On The Systematization Of The Past, But Faith Is The Promise Of The Future.

We Have Entered A New Phase Of Culture - We May Call It The Age Of The Cinema - In Which The Most Amazing Perfection Of Scientific Technique Is Being Devoted To Purely Ephemeral Objects, Without Any Consideration Of Their Ultimate Justification. It Seems As Though A New Society Was Arising Which Will Acknowledge No Hierarchy Of Values, No Intellectual Authority, And No Social Or Religious Tradition, But Which Will Live For The Moment In A Chaos Of Pure Sensation.

It Is Clear That This Essential Christian Doctrine Gives A New Value To Human Nature, To Human History And To Human Life Which Is Not To Be Found In The Other Great Oriental Religions.

It Is True That Christianity Is Not Bound Up With Any Particular Race Or Culture. It Is Neither Of The East Or Of The West, But Has A Universal Mission To The Human Race As A Whole

Moreover, Behind This Vague Tendency To Treat Religion As A Side Issue In Modern Life, There Exists A Strong Body Of Opinion That Is Actively Hostile To Christianity And That Regards The Destruction Of Positive Religion As Absolutely Necessary To The Advance Of Modern Culture