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Instead of containing within itself the germ of growth and adaptation to the various requirements of time, and clime, and circumstance, expanding with the genial sunshine and the rain from heaven, it remains the same forced and stunted thing as when first planted twelve centuries ago." INSTEAD OF CONTAINING WITHIN ITSELF THE GERM OF GROWTH AND ADAPTATION TO THE VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS OF TIME AND CLIME AND CIRCUMSTANCE EXPANDING WITH THE GENIAL SUNSHINE AND THE RAIN FROM HEAVEN IT REMAINS THE SAME FORCED AND STUNNED THING AS WHEN FIRST PLANTED TWELVE CENTURIES AGO
ons "by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."[p] [Sidenote: Contrast between divine and human work.] But even apart from these, the special blessings of Christianity, I ask, which now of the two faiths bears, in its birth and growth, the mark of a divine hand and which the human stamp? Which looks likest the handiwork of the God of nature, who "hath laid the measures of the earth," and "hath stretched the line upon it,"[q] but not the less with an ever-varying adaptation to time and place? and which the artificial imitation? [Sidenote: Islam.] "As a reformer, Mohammed did indeed advance his people to a certain point, but as a prophet he left them fixed immovably at that point for all time to come. As there can be no return, so neither can there be any progress. The tree is of artificial planting.  DO LOOK FORWARD THE EARNEST EXPECTATION TO THE DAY WHEN KNOWLEDGE OF SALVATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO THESE NATIONS BY THE REMISSION OF THEIR SINS THROUGH THE TENDER MERCY OF OUR GOD WHEREBY THE DAYSPRING FROM ON HIGH HATH VISITED US TO GIVE LIGHT TO THEM THAT SIT IN DARKNESS AND IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH TO GUIDE OUR FEET INTO THE WAY OF PEACE BUT EVEN APART FROM THESE THE SPECIAL BLESSINGS OF CHRISTIANITY I ASK WHICH NOW OF THE TWO FATES BEARS IN ITS BIRTH AND GROWTH THE MARK OF A DIVINE HAND AND WHICH THE HUMAN STAMP WHICH LOOKS LIKEST THE HANDIWORK OF THE GOD OF NATURE WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES OF THE EARTH AND HATH STRETCHED THE LINE UPON IT BUT NOT THE LESS WITH AN EVER WEARYING ADAPTATION TO TIME AND PLACE AND WHICH THE ARTIFICIAL IMITATION AS A REFORMER MOHAMMED DID INDEED ADVANCE HIS PEOPLE TO A CERTAIN POINT BUT AS A PROPHET HE LEFT THEM FIXED IMMOBABLY AT THAT POINT FOR ALL TIME TO COME AS THERE CAN BE NO RETURN SO NEITHER CAN THERE BE ANY PROGRESS THE TREES OF ARTIFICIAL PLANTING
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