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this state of understanding is pictured in other words of the prophet, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." *

Our faith must be logical to be scientific, and must be scientific to be intelligent and reasonable.

Written as well as oral lessons upon such a theme as this must be presented in a way that shall meet the needs of all. One desires to hear only Bible proofs; another, who reads or hears the same lesson, does not care for what the Bible says. Both of these have a right to be regarded, and Truth can satisfy both.

The metaphysical teachings of the Science appeal to those willing to hear Law and Order revealed, as based upon the One Perfect Mind. The spiritual teachings appeal to those who love the Fatherhood of God. But so closely linked are the Spiritual and the Metaphysical, so united are Religion and Science, that those who are drawn by the appeal of Science find themselves "religious" in the truest sense, and those who think they want only the religious, develop into scientific thinkers.

At the close of classes, students have come with new Bibles, eager to show them and to say, "I have never before cared to own a Bible, but now I wish to study it from cover to cover."

* (Read in Selected Bible Readings, "The Value of Knowledge," p. 22, and "Understanding," p. 24. Students of these lessons should have that little book, as many references to It will be given.)