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102:2.2 One of the characteristic peculiarities of [[genuine]] [[religious]] [[assurance]] is that, notwithstanding the [[absoluteness]] of its affirmations and the stanchness of its [[attitude]], the [[spirit]] of its [[expression]] is so [[poised]] and tempered that it never conveys the slightest impression of [[self-assertion]] or [[egoistic]] exaltation. The [[wisdom]] of [[religious]] [[experience]] is something of a [[paradox]] in that it is both humanly [[original]] and [[Adjuster]] [[derivative]]. [[Religious]] [[force]] is not the product of the [[individual]]'s [[personal]] [[prerogatives]] but rather the outworking of that [[sublime]] [[partnership]] of man and the everlasting [[source]] of all [[wisdom]]. Thus do the [[words]] and [[acts]] of true and undefiled [[religion]] become compellingly [[authoritative]] for all [[enlightened]] [[mortals]].

102:2.2 One of the characteristic peculiarities of [[genuine]] [[religious]] [[assurance]] is that, notwithstanding the [[absoluteness]] of its affirmations and the stanchness of its [[attitude]], the [[spirit]] of its [[expression]] is so [[poised]] and tempered that it never conveys the slightest impression of [[self-assertion]] or [[egoistic]] exaltation. The [[wisdom]] of [[religious]] [[experience]] is something of a [[paradox]] in that it is both humanly [[original]] and [[Adjuster]] [[derivative]]. [[Religious]] [[force]] is not the product of the [[individual]]'s [[personal]] [[prerogatives]] but rather the outworking of that [[sublime]] [[partnership]] of man and the everlasting [[source]] of all [[wisdom]]. Thus do the [[words]] and [[acts]] of true and undefiled [[religion]] become compellingly [[authoritative]] for all [[enlightened]] [[mortals]].

102:2.3 It is [[difficult]] to identify and [[analyze]] the [[factors]] of a [[religious]] [[experience]], but it is not [[difficult]] to [[observe]] that such [[religious]] practitioners live and carry on as if already in the [[presence]] of the [[Eternal]]. Believers [[react]] to this [[temporal]] life as if [[immortality]] already were within their grasp. In the lives of such [[mortals]] there is a valid [[originality]] and a [[spontaneity]] of [[expression]] that forever [[segregate]] them from those of their fellows who have imbibed only the [[wisdom]] of the world. [[Religionists]] seem to live in effective [[emancipation]] from harrying haste and the [[painful]] [[stress]] of the [[vicissitudes]] [[inherent]] in the [[temporal]] currents of [[time]]; they exhibit a [[stabilization]] of [[personality]] and a tranquillity of [[character]] not [[explained]] by the [[laws]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology physiology], [[psychology]], and [[sociology]].

102:2.3 It is [[difficult]] to identify and [[analyze]] the [[factors]] of a [[religious]] [[experience]], but it is not [[difficult]] to [[observe]] that such [[religious]] practitioners live and carry on as if already in the [[presence]] of the [[Eternal]]. Believers [[react]] to this [[temporal]] life as if [[immortality]] already were within their grasp. In the lives of such [[mortals]] there is a valid [[originality]] and a [[spontaneity]] of [[expression]] that forever [[segregate]] them from those of their fellows who have imbibed only the [[wisdom]] of the world. [[Religionists]] seem to live in effective [[emancipation]] from harrying haste and the [[painful]] [[stress]] of the [[vicissitudes]] [[inherent]] in the [[temporal]] currents of [[time]]; they exhibit a [[stabilization]] of [[personality]] and a tranquillity of [[character]] not [[explained]] by the [[laws]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology physiology], [[psychology]], and [[sociology]].

102:2.4 [[Time]] is an invariable element in the [[attainment]] of [[knowledge]]; [[religion]] makes its [[endowments]] immediately available, albeit there is the important [[factor]] of [[growth]] in [[grace]], definite advancement in all [[phases]] of religious [[experience]]. [[Knowledge]] is an [[eternal]] [[quest]]; always are you learning, but never are you able to arrive at the full [[knowledge]] of [[absolute]] [[truth]]. In [[knowledge]] alone there can never be [[absolute]] [[certainty]], only increasing [[probability]] of approximation; but the [[religious]] [[soul]] of [[spiritual]] [[illumination]] knows, and knows now. And yet this [[profound]] and positive [[certitude]] does not lead such a sound-minded [[religionist]] to take any less interest in the ups and downs of the [[progress]] of [[human]] [[wisdom]], which is bound up on its [[material]] end with the [[developments]] of slow-moving [[science]].

102:2.4 [[Time]] is an invariable element in the [[attainment]] of [[knowledge]]; [[religion]] makes its [[endowments]] immediately available, albeit there is the important [[factor]] of [[growth]] in [[grace]], definite advancement in all [[phases]] of religious [[experience]]. [[Knowledge]] is an [[eternal]] [[quest]]; always are you learning, but never are you able to arrive at the full [[knowledge]] of [[absolute]] [[truth]]. In [[knowledge]] alone there can never be [[absolute]] [[certainty]], only increasing [[probability]] of approximation; but the [[religious]] [[soul]] of [[spiritual]] [[illumination]] knows, and knows now. And yet this [[profound]] and positive [[certitude]] does not lead such a sound-minded [[religionist]] to take any less interest in the ups and downs of the [[progress]] of [[human]] [[wisdom]], which is bound up on its [[material]] end with the [[developments]] of slow-moving [[science]].