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conduct. There is, however, one most convincing 

 evidence which speaks against the probability of this 

 existence. Man worships; animals do not. Spiritual- 

 ity and worship are inseparably associated according 

 to all human experience. Hence, when man begins 

 to worship, the embryo of the spiritual world began 

 to form in his consciousness. This raised man by leaps 

 and bounds above the level of lower animals. But 

 man's worship Is unthinkable without recognition on 

 his part that a creative power exists which is far su- 

 perior to the creative power of his own soul. This 

 recognition, the offspring of man's experience and 

 reasoning, is the origin of our belief in God, the 

 Creator. The influence of this belief upon the evo- 

 lution of man's consciousness is beautifully described 

 by St. Paul: 



But we all, with open face beholding . . . the glory of the Lord, 

 Are changed into the same image from glory to glory. 



Observation, experiment, and calculation led science 

 to the revelation of new physical realities. This 

 method of enquiry constructed the firm foundation of 

 these realities, a foundation laid deeply in the solid 

 ground of human experience. In a similar way, human 

 experience, derived from contemplation and analysis 

 of the creative power of the human soul, led human 

 reason to a belief in God, the fountalnhead of all 

 spiritual realities. 



The value of these realities fortified his belief. 

 Their values In every action of human life are felt 

 daily even more deeply than the values of physical 

 realities. All human experience testifies that they are 

 not mere shadows which mislead the untrained Imag- 



