Let everyone, then, take heed to himself, and to the science which he has imbibed, that both he and his science may be found in the order for which they were created; and may thus escape the disorder, which is only another name for destruction and death. For this purpose, let him be wise to have respect unto the end of science, that so he may suffer it to conduct him to the blessed knowledge and love of God and of his fellow creatures, and to a life of innocence, purity, charity, humility, and well-being, in agreement with such knowledge and love. So shall his scientific mind become a. rich and beautiful garden, abounding with all heavenly plants and shrubs, yielding the most delicious flowers and fruits, and exposed to the rain and sunshine of heaven; and thus delighting himself with the paradise provided for him by his heavenly Father, and feeding continually on all its paradisiacal produce, he will give unceasing praise to the Divine Source of such blessedness, and will never experience the horrors and mischiefs of that terrible wilderness which never fails to desolate the mind wherein disorderly science has established her ruinous and destructive kingdom.
Section 13.—The Blessing and the Curse of Science.
There is but one source of blessing, properly so called, and that is, conjunction with God and His life; as, on the other hand, there is but one source of the curse, properly so called, and that is, separation from God and
