Excerpt from The Improvement Era, Vol. 9: Organ of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations According to this theory, Humanity has no providence outside of itself. Here the Brotherhood of man and Fraternity of action are strongly emphasized; while the Fatherhood of God and a divine providence are entirely lost sight of. The Brotherhood of man without the Fatherhood of God seems like a circle without a cen ter, or a solar system without a sun. Brotherhood implies Fatherhood. Brotherhood implies limita tions; but when we cross the border into the domain of Father hood; we find no limit, no place to rest. Luke, in tracing the genealogies of the fathers, when he comes to Adam, says, Which was the son of God, and stops, but the mind goes on. 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.