the truth and the inspiration of the creeds
of the past and present them, together with a new message, suited to the
hunger of to-day. Theosophists have lately made the idea of the coming
of such a teacher the central hope of social regeneration.

They assume that when the teacher comes all the world will listen and
obey. It seems to me that teacher after teacher has uttered the
truth--Hermes, Zoroaster, Buddha, Confucius, Orpheus, Jesus--and that
the trouble is not lack of teachers but lack of disciples. In the
teachings of Jesus Christ, the world has a model wherewith to mould the
old order of hate and selfishness into a new rule of love and
brotherhood. The model has never been used; no serious and far-reaching
attempt has as yet been made to give Christianity a politico-social
trial. Why should a new world-teacher be more successful? What guarantee
is there that his voice would not be drowned in the general clamour of
the truth-mongers of the marketplace? And the tendency of the modern
religious consciousness is to seek reality personally, to develop the
latent faculties by which experience can be won, and to delve fearlessly
into the hidden depth of the soul in search of truth.

The great religions of the past have given the bread of life to
countless souls. They have all provided ways and means for our ethical
evolution. Religious eclecticism is natural to the cultured mind, which
can no longer be held back by any threats of excommunication. The
essence of religion, and the way of salvation, have been found along
widely divergent paths and under many names. One thing is certain amidst
innumerable uncertainties: the secret of finding God can only be
unravelled when we find our own souls.

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LONDON.

Problems of the Peace

BY WILLIAM HARBUTT DAWSON

Author of "The Evolution of Modern Germany"

_Demy 8vo._ _7s. 6d. net._

The author discusses in fourteen chapters, among other questions, the
Territorial Adjustments which seem necessary to the permanent peace of
Europe, the problem of German Autocracy and Militarism, and the
proposals of Retaliation; and makes, in the spirit of an optimist
tempered by experience, practical suggestions for the future
organization of peace. A feature of the book is the historical
parallelism which runs through it.

After-War Problems

BY THE LATE EARL OF CROMER, VISCOUNT HALDANE, THE BISHOP OF