"What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul" by Richard La Rue Swain. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Richard La Rue Swain. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul
What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul
Table of Contents
PREFACE
WHAT AND WHERE IS GOD?
CHAPTER I
LOSING GOD, OR THE HONEST ATHEIST
CHAPTER II
HOW SCIENCE SAVES RELIGION, OR MODERN KNOWLEDGE AND RELIGION
MODERN KNOWLEDGE AND RELIGION
CHAPTER III
DOES MAN HAVE A SOUL, AND WHAT IS HIS PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE?
CHAPTER IV
DOES GOD HAVE A BODY, AND COULD HE BECOME A MAN?
CHAPTER V
LOSING THE SENSE OF IMMORTALITY
CHAPTER VI
FINDING THE SENSE OF IMMORTALITY
CHAPTER VII
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE WHETHER WE BELIEVE IN IMMORTALITY IF WE LIVE AS WE SHOULD IN THIS LIFE?
CHAPTER VIII
HOW SHALL WE CONCEIVE OF THE FUTURE LIFE?
CHAPTER IX
LOSING THE BIBLE TO FIND IT
A GENERAL STATEMENT
CHAPTER X
LOSING THE BIBLE TO FIND IT (continued)
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Richard La Rue Swain
Published by Good Press, 2019
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A little later, when the minister rose and stated that they would "open the doors of the Church" for any who desired to join, there ensued a terrible struggle within me. During the few minutes of exhortation that followed I seriously questioned my heart. I knew that candidates were expected to answer the question, "Have you found God in the pardon of your sins, and do you now have peace with God?" But being in a state of torment, how could I claim peace with God? Though my conversion still seemed like a miracle, yet never before had I been in such a humiliated or distressed state of mind. Before ever I tried to "get religion," I had plighted my soul and honor that I would follow God from that time forward. Even now I knew that I should follow Him, but how could I say that I had peace with God when my burden remained in spite of my earnest prayer to be forgiven? Had I in that act of denial become a "backslider," and was it necessary for me to be converted again? As a large percentage of the Christians present had been converted two or more times to my knowledge, a second conversion was not strange to me. Never doubting that I had been converted, and knowing why I was in despair, and believing that my suffering was wholly deserved, I dismissed the thought of a second conversion. "How can a person know beforehand," I reasoned, "that he will feel at peace with God at the moment the question is asked?" By "now" do they not mean something more general; to-night, for example? Deciding that there must be some latitude to the word "now" and that God would understand my honesty of purpose, I went forward and united with the Church. As I look back upon it, it still seems a most wise decision.
Though fully expecting to be happy again after joining the Church, yet my misery only increased. This was inevitable. I had identified religion with an abnormal psychic state. And such a state would not return without another terrific effort.
