Excerpt from Religion and LifeReligion has relation to life, and is inseparable from it. The word is derived from a Latin word which means to bind back. The primary and all important idea expressed in it is that of binding, of Obligation and accountability to a higher and anterior power. The truly religious man feels re sponsibilities of which others know nothing. He is conscious of having bound himself to a better life, and a nobler service, than any which the world can offer him. In a word, he has undertaken to act in all things not from himself, but from God, -to do, not his own selfish pleasure, but his Heavenly Father's will. He feels his own need of the Divine Presence. To him it is not enough to understand and believe. He must worship. He must bow down in prayer. He must establish and feel a personal relationship between himself and God. He must go to the Lord in a devout and humble Spirit, trying to come under the Divine in¿uence, in order that his life may grow into accord with the Divine life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.