God Arises
The Life We Seek
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life, because he is seeking the highest goal there is,
and that is God. When he believes in God, man has
the best motivation for doing good, and a sound
basis for a strong moral character. “A great moving
force,” is what Sir William Osler called the force
that comes from faith. So great it is, that it cannot be
weighed on any apparatus or examined in any
laboratory. A mind nourished by this force is a
treasure-house of well-being and equilibrium, while
ignorance of, or lack of access to this source of
psychic strength can only lead to derangement.
Psychologists have shown great intellectual
prowess in investigating the cause of mental
disease; but unfortunately for the afflicted millions,
they have failed miserably in prescribing any cure.
According to one Christian intellectual: “All that
psychiatrists have done is show us, in minute detail,
the ins and outs of the locks which close to us the
gates of good health.”
Modern society in its functioning is at cross
purposes with itself. On the one hand, it does the
maximum it can to provide man with the material
comforts he requires in life. Yet, on the other hand,
it has neglected man’s spiritual needs, with the
