"
Huxley defines his idea of a church as a place in which, "week by
week, services should be devoted, not to the iteration of abstract
propositions in theology, but to the setting before men's minds of an
ideal of true, just and pure living; a place in which those who are
weary of the burden of daily cares should find a moment's rest in the
contemplation of the higher life which is possible for all, though
attained by so few; a place in which the man of strife and of business
should have time to think how small, after all, are the rewards he
covets compared with peace and charity."]
[Footnote 18: New Reformation: Huxley writes: "We are in the midst of
a gigantic movement greater than that which preceded and produced the
Reformation, and really only the continuation of that movement. . . .
But this organization will be the work of generations of men, and those
who further it most will be those who teach men to rest in no lie, and
to rest in no verbal delusion."]
ON THE ADVISABLENESS OF IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (1866)
[Footnote 19: On the Advisableness of Improving Natural Knowledge:
from Method and Results: also published in Lay Sermons, Addresses and
Reviews.]
For the history of the times mentioned in this essay, see Green's Short
History of the English People.]
[Footnote 20: The very spot: St.
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