George Angier Gordon. Revelation and the Ideal. 1913.
Gordon's Preface "For many years I cherished the audacious dream of writing a book on the philosophy of Revelation. More than ten years of study and reflection ended in the conviction that the task I had set myself DEMANDED FOR ITS ACCOMPLISHMENT the undivided devotion of a long life. THE TASK HAD TO BE ABANDONED; I WAS COMPELLED TO ALLOW THE DREAM TO FADE."
"In plain words, I am convinced that the GREATER INTRODUCTIONS OF GOD TO THE MIND OF MAN ARE THROUGH MAN'S GREATER IDEALS. Moral idealism and Revelation are but the concave and the convex of the same figure."
Gordon's conclusion. "Jesus consummates the despite and the ideal of the ages in his vision of the kingdom of heaven. He beholds a kingdom that has its origin in the will of God, that is supported by the will of God; a kingdom that becomes our sovereign cause opening a way out of selfishness, providing relief and oblivion from wild egoism, calling us to share the glory of the Universal Good; an ideal in whose splendor is gathered the scattered lights of all the earnest centuries, in whose presence we can think our best, achieve our utmost, live at our being's height, and die in heroism and hope."
