The Substitution of Paganism for Christianity

Paganism is optimistic with regard to unaided human nature, whereas Christianity is the religion of the broken heart. Paganism finds highest goal of life in healthy and harmonious development of existing human faculties. In Christianity, on the other hand, nothing needs to be covered up. The fact of sin is faced squarely once for all, and is dealt with by the grace of God. But how can the consciousness of sin be revived? Something, no doubt, can be accomplished by the proclamation of the law of God for the law reveals transgressions. Only let us not try to do without the spirit of God that could produce that change.