The last lecture in this series dealt with the existence of God. Next in Order comes the question of religion, its nature. and necessity. If God exists, then we are bound to offer Him some reasonable tribute of homage and worship. Religion is that tribute, and may be defined as the official public worship which as creatures we owe to our Creator and by which we acknowledge His supreme dominion over us and our total dependence upon Him, Christ called this religion "the one thing necessary" because the prime purpose of every rational creature in this world is to know, love and serve Heaven and hell are realities, and amount of infallibility will do away with either. And the "hardheaded" -business man who would count himself a lunatic to neglect his business interests upon earth is a thousand times more lunatic to neglect his interests for eternity. To be sure, hell is not a comfortable doctrine. It is the most unpleasant fact in Christianity, but arguing will mot do away with it—any more than we could dispose of Timbuctoo by swearing it out of existence from a Hyde Park soap box.
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