... in the world, of the growth of the cosmos, of the development of life, of the course of history, all viewed as necessary sequences of cause andeffect.[Footnote 3: Paulsen, _Kant_, a. 2.]On the ... possible. Of the reconciliation of man to God the only condition is the revelation of the love of God in the life and death of Jesus and the obedient acceptance of that revelation on the part of men.CHAPTER ... had deprived man of religion. It hadbeen equally destructive of another side of the life of feeling, the æsthetic. Their war was not on behalf of the good, it was in the name of the beautiful....