The Seeming Unreality of the Spiritual Life - The Nathaniel William Taylor Lectures for 1907, Given Before the Divinity School of Yale University #230213

This book aims to face, as straightforwardly as may be, the problem implied in its title. It seeks to speak directly, as frankly and simply as possible, and yet with some adequacy, to the fundamental religious need of men, — to the need of all who cherish ideals of any kind. The book has been written, just because this prob lem of the seeming unreality of the spiritual life was felt to be fundamental both for thought and life; and with the hope that considera tions, that had meant much to the writer, in the solution of this problem, might not be with out helpful suggestion for others. Its lines of thought might have been greatly extended, but the intention has been to treat the subject suggestively rather than exhaustively, and elabo ration of thought is left to the reader.