KIRTLEY F. MATHER 19 



Jesus cannot be proved by any process of logic, but 

 even as we may justify or validate a scientific assump- 

 tion by trying it out to see how it works, so we may 

 justify or validate this religious assumption by putting 

 it to the practical test and observing how it works. 



We are all in the midst of that experimental opera- 

 tion. If the attempt to put Christlike motives and 

 ideals into practical operation among human beings 

 succeeds in making life better, then we are justified in 

 the assumption that we have made. Is the truly Chris- 

 tian way of life the finest and the best? There Is only 

 one method of answering the question, the scientific 

 method, — try it and see. 



