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day to day by means of the operation of His laws. We 

 have a complete vindication of " science " here, which 

 has proved itself the friend of the theologian notwith- 

 standing the scepticism often meted out to it. No 

 doubt the shortsightedness of man, owing to the 

 limitation of his intellect, has obscured the issue ; there 

 have been faults on both sides in the conflict between 

 science and theology. The apostles of both should 

 have understood that the study of observed phe- 

 nomena, embracing " all objects of all thought, all 

 thinking things," could only result in a knowledge 

 of " the spirit that impels and rolls through all things." 

 We have now reached this point — a knowledge of the 

 Eternal is no longer problematic ; it has become the 

 established creed of science ; and for mankind it is 

 fraught with the greatest issues, making certain the 

 dawn of better days when righteousness shall prevail, 

 war shall cease, permanence be given to society, and 

 peace and joy to all men by means of the reign of 

 love and self-sacrifice as the dominating principle of 

 existence. We can now say with positive assurance — 



" God's in His Heaven ; all's right with the world." 



It is right that a meed of praise should be accorded 

 to all who in the past have fought the fight of the 

 progressive party in the State. One must express the 

 hope that it will be understood that this is not a 

 political treatise ; it is what it purports to be, a 

 scientific study of observed phenomena. It is there- 

 fore right that it should be acknowledged that the 

 non-progressives must not be condemned as useless 

 or as a mere hindrance to the betterment of man's 

 social condition. In so far as this party has prevented 

 a too sudden break with the tradition of the past, it 

 has been of benefit ; such a break means chaos, out 

 of which order can only be slowly restored and the 



