[207]Astothisdistinction，seetheadmirablypracticalaccountinJ。M。Baldwin’slittlebook，TheStoryoftheMind，1898。
Wehavetopassasimilarjudgmentonthewholenotionofsaintshipbasedonmerits。AnyGodwho，ontheonehand，cancaretokeepapedanticallyminuteaccountofindividualshortcomings，andontheothercanfeelsuchpartialities，andloadparticularcreatureswithsuchinsipidmarksoffavor，istoosmall-mindedaGodforourcredence。WhenLuther，inhisimmensemanlyway，sweptoffbyastrokeofhishandtheverynotionofadebitandcreditaccountkeptwithindividualsbytheAlmighty，hestretchedthesoul’simaginationandsavedtheologyfrompuerility。
Somuchformeredevotion，divorcedfromtheintellectualconceptionswhichmightguideittowardsbearingusefulhumanfruit。
ThenextsaintlyvirtueinwhichwefindexcessisPurity。Intheopathiccharacters，likethosewhomwehavejustconsidered，theloveofGodmustnotbemixedwithanyotherlove。Fatherandmother，sisters，brothers，andfriendsarefeltasinterferingdistractions；forsensitivenessandnarrowness，whentheyoccurtogether，astheyoftendo，requireaboveallthingsasimplifiedworldtodwellin。Varietyandconfusionaretoomuchfortheirpowersofcomfortableadaptation。Butwhereasyouraggressivepietistreacheshisunityobjectively，byforciblystampingdisorderanddivergenceout，yourretiringpietistreacheshissubjectively，leavingdisorderintheworldatlarge，butmakingasmallerworldinwhichhedwellshimselfandfromwhichheeliminatesitaltogether。Thus，alongsideofthechurchmilitantwithitsprisons，dragonnades，andinquisitionmethods，wehavethechurchfugient，asonemightcallit，withitshermitages，monasteries，andsectarianorganizations，bothchurchespursuingthesameobject——tounifythelife，[208]andsimplifythespectaclepresentedtothesoul。Amindextremelysensitivetoinnerdiscordswilldroponeexternalrelationafteranother，asinterferingwiththeabsorptionofconsciousnessinspiritualthings。Amusementsmustgofirst，thenconventional“society。”thenbusiness，thenfamilyduties，untilatlastseclusion，withasubdivisionofthedayintohoursforstatedreligiousacts，istheonlythingthatcanbeborne。Thelivesofsaintsareahistoryofsuccessiverenunciationsofcomplication，oneformofcontactwiththeouterlifebeingdroppedafteranother，tosavethepurityofinnertone。[209]
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