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God The Invisible King-Part5_H. G. WELLS (1866-1946)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

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That he came to a full sense of the true God cannot be asserted, but

how near he came to God, let one quotation witness.



"The existence of an outside Providence," he writes, "who created

us, who watches over us, and who guides our lives like a Merciful



Father, we have found impossible longer to believe in. But of the

existence of a Holy Spirit radiating upward through all animate



beings, and finding its fullest expression, in man in love, and in

the flowers in beauty, we can be as certain as of anything in the



world. This fiery spiritual impulsion at the centre and the source

of things, ever burning in us, is the supremely important factor in



our existence. It does not always attain to light. In many

directions it fails; the conditions are too hard and it is utterly



blocked. In others it only partially succeeds. But in a few it

bursts forth into radiant light. There are few who in some heavenly



moment of their lives have not been conscious of its presence. We

may not be able to give it outward expression, but we know that it



is there." . . .

God does not guide our feet. He is no sedulous governess



restraining and correcting the wayward steps of men. If you would

fly into the air, there is no God to bank your aeroplane correctly



for you or keep an ill-tended engine going; if you would cross a

glacier, no God nor angel guides your steps amidst the slippery



places. He will not even mind your innocent children for you if you

leave them before an unguarded fire. Cherish no delusions; for



yourself and others you challenge danger and chance on your own

strength; no talisman, no God, can help you or those you care for.



Nothing of such things will God do; it is an idle dream. But God

will be with you nevertheless. In the reeling aeroplane or the dark



ice-cave God will be your courage. Though you suffer or are killed,

it is not an end. He will be with you as you face death; he will



die with you as he has died already countless myriads of brave

deaths. He will come so close to you that at the last you will not



know whether it is you or he who dies, and the present death will be

swallowed up in his victory.



5. THE HERESY OF QUIETISM

God comes to us within and takes us for his own. He releases us



from ourselves; he incorporates us with his own undying experience

and adventure; he receives us and gives himself. He is a stimulant;



he makes us live immortally and more abundantly. I have compared

him to the sensation of a dear, strong friend who comes and stands



quietly beside one, shoulder to shoulder.

The finding of God is the beginning of service. It is not an escape



from life and action; it is the release of life and action from the

prison of the mortal self. Not to realise that, is the heresy of



Quietism, of many mystics. Commonly such people are people of some

wealth, able to command services for all their everyday needs. They



make religion a method of indolence. They turn their backs on the

toil and stresses of existence and give themselves up to a delicious



reverie in which they flirt with the divinity. They will recount

their privileges and ecstasies, and how ingeniously and wonderfully



God has tried and proved them. But indeed the true God was not the

lover of Madame Guyon. The true God is not a spiritual troubadour



wooing the hearts of men and women to no purpose. The true God goes

through the world like fifes and drums and flags, calling for



recruits along the street. We must go out to him. We must accept

his discipline and fight his battle. The peace of God comes not by






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