Through all God's works there runs a beautiful harmony. The remotest truth in His universe is linked to that which lies nearest the throne.
What are the sciences but maps of universal laws, and universal laws but the channels of universal power; and universal power but the outgoings of a universal mind?
Science is a good piece of furniture for a man to have in an upper chamber, provided he has common sense on the ground floor.
Holding then to science with one hand—the left hand—we give the right hand to religion, and cry: "Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things, more wondrous than the shining worlds can tell." Obedient to the promise, religion does waken faculties within us, does teach our eyes to the beholding of more wonderful things. Those great worlds blazing like suns die like feeble stars in the glory of the morning, in the presence of this new light. The soul knows that an infinite sea of love is all about it, throbbing through it, everlasting arms of affection lift it, and it bathes itself in the clear consciousness of a Father's love.
It is better to inspire the heart with a noble sentiment than to teach the mind a truth of science.
SECURITY.
He who stands upon his own strength will never stand.
