INTRODUCTION xiii. 



the spirit of the Soul of Wisdom, and so by the hand cf 

 Science instead of, as has been the case in the past, by the 

 hand of ignorance, to lead mankind to the wisdom of God, is 

 illustrated by this quotation from his speech. 



' When we glance/' he says, " at the various occupations 

 " of the working parts of a nation comprising the student who 

 " communicates or extends knowledge, the geologist or agri- 

 " culturist who discloses the stores of wealth hidden in the 

 " soil, the commercial man who distributes that wealth, it 

 " seems as if we ought to be able to name the qualities of 

 " each pursuit which are most needed to carry out the work 

 " successfully/ 1 



But I must here state that this can only be attained by the 

 realisation that in the trinity of Science, Religion, and Evolu- 

 tion is the stamp of the likeness of God in His creation, and 

 that the stamp of trinity is the trade mark of divine truth. So 

 that Nature, Science, Religion, Knowledge and Man must all 

 bow their heads at the demand and to the correction of His 

 Trinity, and that it is only by Science expounding Revelation, 

 Religion (teaching by Love not, as in the past, by Ignorance and 

 Superstition), and Governments educating the people in habits 

 of energy, perseverance and economy, which is the soul of 

 wisdom, that we can truly receive the Holy Ghost; but this 

 can only be done in the spirit of Charity, not by ignorant 

 strife, wars and contentions, by selfish love of aggrandisement 

 or wealth, or by religious intolerance or hate, or idle waste of 

 time. 



I must conclude this chapter by stating that if in this 

 treatise I have been compelled to offend the dignity of religion, 

 my excuse must be that my deep conviction of the fact that if 

 the doctrines of materialism were not destroyed once and for 

 all time to come, and Science was allowed to advance on 

 materialistic lines, it would not be long before it destroyed all 

 practical possibility of the existence of any form of religious 

 belief as an active force in the evolution of the world, and take 

 mankind back to scientific savagery of a material idolatry. So 

 I conclude that if I could veto for ever hereafter the doctrines 

 of materialism and make my extraordinary revelation the 

 means of proving that all and every part of existence is part 

 and parcel of the Deity, created, impregnated, surrounded and 

 controlled by God and His Trinity, I should make Religion 



