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and flame with the promise of
a glorious millennium.

There is a kind of agnosticism
that glooms the world with melan-
-choly, discourages prolonged endeavor,
wearies the patience of the most resolute,
and dies amid its worshipers. There is
in it no incentive to a life of moral
dignity. It can kindle no enthu-
-siasm, push to no boldness, sustain
no audacity. It has in it no solace
for pain, no balm for a wounded spir-
-it, no light for the tomb. It has no
past to be grateful for, no future
to anticipate with delight. Its past