The Function of Religion in Man's Struggle for Existence [Illustrated]

In brooding over the history of thought one finds, I think, that the psychology of any era has assimilated itself to the method and to the controlling concept of the natural science of that era, and that in turn the thought of God of the same period has been molded after the doctrine of the soul as accepted by the psychologist. In the history of the doctrine of the soul and of God there have been certainly three outstanding epochs of this kind, and if—as we Americans say—I am to arrive at my objective point tonight, it will serve my purpose to have you reflect at the outset upon this whole matter.