Excerpt from Religious Optimism N 0 one just now would care to speak a word which might have the effect of putting the church to sleep in an easy-going complacency. We must not present nor cherish a type of optimism that cuts the nerve of endeavor. This is the time for the church to become alert, and to put forth renewed energy to the achievement of greater tasks. But when facts war rant it, one is justified in speaking a word designed to give the hope and inspiration that come, if not from assured victory, at least from the feeling that we are making substantial progress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.