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honest research-worker fails to understand it that way, 

 or fails to acknowledge his debt. 



Religion, then, is the parent of research. The prod- 

 igal has caused the father much doubt and anxiety. 

 But who can tell — the son may return at last. At no 

 time In the history of the two movements were they 

 nearer converging than the present. Religion can 

 never become a science, not even a glorified science. 

 But science may become a religion, and seems on the 

 verge of doing so. Here is an opportunity for inter- 

 preters of the universe and man's place in it, an oppor- 

 tunity, perhaps, without precedent. Life for every 

 man is going to be tremendously benefited by this new 

 understanding on the part of science of its relation to 

 the religious life of the community. And religion, pro- 

 test though it does, is seeing its possibilities wonder- 

 fully increased. Science needs the fervor, the faith, 

 the human-heartedness religion has to give. And re- 

 ligion needs the method, the vision, the discoveries of 

 science. Between them they should and will give us 

 an Eternal Reality glorious beyond imagining; and a 

 life here and hereafter joyous and filled with deep 

 meaning. 



Present-day research sees design in the universe. 

 This is one of the most significant contributions ; be- 

 cause, as we have already pointed out, if there is de- 

 sign there must be an entity of some sort making the 

 design. Always among us will be mystical spirits who 

 will see an infinite and beneficent purpose continually 

 at work. The fact must not escape our attention that 

 we have at present possibly the most able and devoted 

 group of men engaging in the work of research of any 

 epoch In the evolution of science. Certainly at no 



