The Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation Mp3 audio cd -

MP3 Audio CD. The Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. MAN WILL WORSHIP--HE WILL BECOME ASSIMILATED TO THE CHARACTER OF THE OBJECT THAT HE WORSHIPS--CHARACTER OF HEATHEN DEITIES DEFECTIVE AND UNHOLY--FROM THIS CORRUPTING WORSHIP MAN HAS NO POWER TO EXTRICATE HIMSELF. There are three facts, each of them fully developed in the experience of the human family, a consideration of which will prepare the mind for the investigation which follows. When considered in their relation to each other, and in their bearing upon the moral interests of mankind, they will be seen to be of exceeding importance. We will adduce these facts, in connection with the statements and principles upon which they rest, and show how vital are the interests which depend upon them. THE FIRST FACT STATED. There is in the nature of man, or in the circumstances in which he is conditioned, something which leads him to recognise and worship a superior being. What that _something_ is, is not important in our present inquiry:--whether it be a constitutional instinct inwrought by the Maker--whether it be a deduction of universal reason, inferring a first cause from the things that are made--whether it be the effect of tradition, descending from the first worshippers, through all the tribes of the human family--whether any or all of these be the cause, the fact is the same--Man is a religious being: HE WILL WORSHIP.