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am continually tempted to remember the remark that, in 

 the battle of the " doxies," " orthodoxy " is too frequently 

 regarded as each man's special possession; "heterodoxy" 

 being somebody else's " doxy." I know that ignorance and 

 superstition are the steadfast parents of misery and unbelief ; 

 but I never yet heard it proved that honest inquiry into the 

 ways and works of nature made, or could make, any man 

 or woman the worse for their labour. And a thorough 

 examination of any disputed point will generally do more to 

 clear away the difficulties and dangers of any untoward 

 religious position than any other form of procedure. 



Let us, therefore, boldly, yet with all humility, proceed 

 to the investigation of every point, or fact, or theory that 

 comes before us. Let our knowledge grow and increase, 

 setting aims of real worth and value before us, in the spirit 

 of George Herbert's quaint remark 



"... who aimeth at the sky 

 Shoots higher much than he that means a tree. " 



Let the Church and religion, as a noted preacher of our 

 time * remarks, " Take hold of Science and the Arts, and 

 the new facts," and " recognise and regulate the modern 

 appliances of luxury." For Goethe says truly, when he 

 maintains the unity of art, science, and religion 



" Wer Wissenschafft und Kunst besitzt, 



Hat auch Religion ; 

 "Wer jene beiden nicht besitzt, 

 Derhabe Religion." f 



In proportion as religion avails herself of the help 

 of science and its labours to strengthen her position and 

 power, so will she most typically and admirably fulfil her 

 great office in ruling wisely and well the inner and higher 

 life of man. As science progresses, so let religion advance 



* Rev. H. R. Haweis's " Speech in Season," p. 18. 

 t ' ' Whoso has art and science found, 



Religion, too, has he ; 

 Who has not art nor science found, 

 His should Religion be." 



