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will not long be content to neglect this master- 

 piece of literature. 



The unique value of the Bible is that, while 

 its scope is exceedingly broad and covers all de- 

 partments of life, its chief subject Is moral and 

 religious evolution, the pivotal or strategic cen- 

 ter of human progress. It is a text-book of the 

 highest biology, a record of actual experiments 

 and experiences of men who were by nature and 

 training experts and geniuses In this line. Hence 

 Ignorance of this classic Is even more culpable 

 than would be the confession of an evolutionist 

 that he never found time or bothered himself to 

 read Darwin's " Origin of Species." 



But If man's role and business In the drama 

 of evolution is and must be moral and religious 

 development and progress, it Is evident that 

 there must be some institution which shall make 

 this progress its chief aim and purpose. This 

 Is evidently the place of the Church viewed from 

 the evolutionist's standpoint. Such an institu- 

 tion Is all the more necessary in human education 

 because men and women leave school and col- 

 lege just as they are entering the most trying 

 and critical years of life. These Institutions, 

 as we have seen, accompany us as far as the 



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