Excerpt from Spirit and Life: Thoughts for to-DayThe most important of experiences is that which leads to a rational and credible idea of God. This cannot be taught in the schools. No man or body of men have authority to delineate it, the largest and noblest conception of the Deity ever possessed, even though imparted by revelation, has been at the best but a broken light. And yet, on Clear views of God hang the glory and usefulness of human life. If there is no God, there is no hope, life is a dream, and he is happiest who knows no waking. If God exists but has no care for men, or is interested only in the universe and not in individuals, then for us it were as well if there were no God.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.