The Supreme Duty.
JlnjJddressgivenatthe T^arliamentofReligions,
Chicago, 1893.
1 SPEAKto-night onthesupreme duty. I
proclaim to-night theuniversallawoflife;
for only by service is fulness of life made
possible,totheserviceof manthewholeofthe
universeto-dayisyoked. Forunderthename
of man, man past, present, and future, man
evolvinguptothedivineman,eternal,immortal,
indestructible,thatistheservicetowhichevery
individualshouldbepledged,that theobjectof
life, thatthe fashionof evolution; and I shall
trytoputforyouto-night in fewwordssome-
thingof theelementsof thisservice, something
of its meaning m daily hfe, as well as some-
thingof the heightswhereto the daily practice
mayatlengthconductthehumansoul,forpoor
indeed is thatreligion whichcannot teach the
menandwomenoftheworldthedutyofdaily
life, andyield tothem inspiration which shall
aidthemintheirupwardclimbingto thelight.
Greatisphilosophywhich mouldstheminds
of men, great is science which gives light of
knowledgetotheworld; butgreaterthanallis
religion which teaches man his duty, which
