Excerpt from Is Religion Dying?: A Symposium; An Hour With the Philosophers
[The reader will remember that the matter under quotation-marks is extracted verbatim et literatim from the writings of the speakers, respectively.]
There were supposed to be present at this symposium, besides the host, the Dean of the Cathedral, representative thinkers of different lines of thought - Theists, Atheists, Agnostics, and Positivists - irrespective of age or country. The thinkers are present in their thoughts, and thought keeps no chronology. The talkers all talk to the question, Is Religion Dying?
The host, not intending to advocate any doctrine unfriendly to religion, turned to the reverend Dean and remarked, "Of late we hear it asked, Is religion dying?"
Some one inquired, "What religion?" The host replied, "The question of this day is, not what religion, but any."
"All hope that it is dying in its errors," said the Dean, "but we know that it will live in its truths. As that which is divine in the Church cannot die, so that which is human in it cannot live. It will gain in moral influence as it loses in political power. If the priest is shorn of official domination, he will gain in affection as pastor and teacher.
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