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expression is perhaps more necessary to the moral con- 

 dition than to the material prosperity of a nation." 



Opinions included in this book have been gathered 

 for the purpose of proving to everyday men and women 

 that men of research are beginning to find evidence of 

 God and of continuance of active life in spheres beyond 

 that of earth. 



If God is found research will find Him, and not tra- 

 ditional religion. But here we must not be misunder- 

 stood. We are entirely reverent, and appreciative of 

 the great services of religion to suffering, groping hu- 

 manity. Thesepapers are not invectives against religion ; 

 they would point the way to a religion of more expan- 

 sive, nobler proportions. Neither do we wish to re- 

 move science from its legitimate sphere. But we are 

 Inclined to think that the sooner religion in the ortho- 

 dox and traditional sense surrenders the quest for Cos- 

 mic Reality, and concentrates on serving men in their 

 personal needs, the better for religion and the better 

 for humanity. Religion has been given a considerable 

 chance. But has it found any but a nebulous, uncer- 

 tain, unsatisfactory God? Religion has measured 

 deity with the rods of dogma, pronouncements of 

 councils, sectarian confessions, which, in turn, have 

 been determined by political expediency, tradition, and 

 a knowledge limited to locality and time. 



No rigorous religionist ever dreams of finding God 

 by the laboratory method; the thought savors too much 

 of Irreverence: but does it savor of Irreverence? Is 

 there any real logical objection to searching for God 

 through the scientific method? In fact, are not other 

 methods repugnant to reason? After all, science at 



