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wrong in burning heretics, as God would otherwise do it 

 in hell. 



" Credulity " requires no Thought; neither Head nor 

 Heart is concerned in it. 



" Belief" is based on Head Knowledge only. 



" Faith " combines Induction and the emotions of the 

 Heart as well. 



My object in making these remarks is to lead up to 

 my contention that there need be no hostility between 

 Science and Faith, Christian Ethics and the three doc- 

 trines of God, Freedom and Immortality ; for Reason 

 has the same basis for all, namely Induction. 



And, further, as Science looks to find experimental 

 proof in addition, so does Religion. St. Paul repeatedly 

 tells his readers " to prove," " themselves," or " what is 

 good," or "their own work," and lastly he writes to the 

 Thessalonians : " Prove all things ; hold fast that which 

 is good ".^ 



St. James boldly identifies Religion with practical ex- 

 periment, namely, by maintaining purity in oneself and 

 showing love towards others.- The knowledge gained 

 by this practical experiment in ethics confirms the in- 

 ductive evidence or Faith, and ratifies the promise that 

 " if any man willeth to do His will, he shall know of the 

 teaching whether it be of God ". ^ 



By Faith and experiment in holy living man dis- 

 covers a Natural Law unknown to him before, which is 

 called " Regeneration". He wants no authority of man 

 or the Church. He only wants, as Sir J. Seeley said, 

 " Goodness placed impressively before him," and ex- 

 periment soon proves that his inductions were sound, 

 represented by his " P'aith " ; namely, that the Christ- 



1 I Thess. V. 21. ''Jas. i. 27. ^John vii. 17. 



