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The Making of a Man

Chapter 64: IMMORTALITY.
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An extended theological and philosophical meditation that proposes human beings as the culminating purpose of creation, arguing against purely naturalistic accounts. It examines how providence supplies for distinct human needs—physical sustenance, social organization and power, intellectual truth, moral righteousness, aesthetic sensibility, and spiritual love—and concludes by treating immortality as the permanence of the completed human life. Each chapter treats one dimension in turn, blending metaphysical claims with practical and ethical reflections.

IMMORTALITY.

“How does the rivulet find its way?
How does the floweret know its day
And open its cup to catch the ray?
“I see the germ to the sunlight reach,
And the nestling knows the old bird’s speech.
I do not know who is there to teach.
“I see the hare through the thicket glide,
And the stars through the trackless spaces ride.
I do not see who is there to guide.
“He is eyes for all, who is eyes for the mole,
See motion goes to the rightful goal.
O God! I can trust for the human soul.”