CHAPTER VIII.

RELATION OF EVOLUTION TO THE IDEA OF THE CHRIST.

Comparison of organic with human evolution--The idea of the first is _man_, of the second is the _Christ_--Definition of the Christ as _ideal man_--The Christ ought to differ from us in a superhuman way--Shown by several illustrations--The Christ, as ideal man, a true object of rational worship--The ideal of organic evolution comes _at the end_--Ideal of human evolution must come _in the course_--Objection that there are many partial ideals answered--Relative vs. absolute moral ideal. 360