by F.E. Marsh

Men's Outlook
A writer in The Times says of the future: "'He hath set eternity in their hearts.' This phrase, as it stands, represents a truth of large significance. There is infinity outside us, and over against it we find eternity within us. We can never fully gauge or apprehend either. We are unable to reach far into their mysterious borders, but there is always something both within and without us beyond our understandings, our affections, and our moral powers. They are the source of the most real, the most powerful, the most awful and most inspiring experiences of life. Professor Edward Caird declared that we must first discover the infinite in the impossibility of being satisfied with the finite, or limiting our thoughts to it.
"The recognition of the infinite is the silent presupposition of true manhood. Man is never content to rest in an object which he can entirely apprehend. He must go out into the unknown, into the infinite. And when he turns within himself, he finds that there also he is carried beyond the range of things temporal to experiences which imply the existence of spiritual realities deeper than those he is able to fathom. In the secret fountains of personality the supernatural is real and satisfying. We could have but little happiness in the world and could recognize but little of our meaning of human life if they did not lead us beyond ourselves."