from him the burden of courageous
endeavor. He is the master of his own destiny and the prompter in his
own drama. In his tenser moments, the physical spaces around his
planet will but contain

"The endless, silly merriment of stars."

As religion learns to relinquish theology and accept the modern view of
the world, the spirituality which it has fostered will mate with
reason. Reason by itself is not enough; feeling by itself is not
enough. What the world awaits is the sane and kindly ministry of a
{219} concrete reason to the goods of human life. Thinking and
experimentation must be instrumental to the progressive betterment of
life. This idea is not new. Many have grasped it before in whole or
in part; but the setting has not always been simple enough. Comte
meant just such a humanism in his religion of humanity, but he was
unable to cut himself loose from his associations with organized
Christianity. There is no adequate motive for the retention of the
ritualism and worship of Comtism, nor is there any good reason for the
deification of humanity. Humanity is not an entity, nor is it a sort
of supreme personality which may be worshiped. Religion will mean the
valuing of experiences and activities, the striving for their
realization, the loyalty to their call. Taken in this way, religion
will agree with and commend the purpose expressed by Huxley: "To
promote the increase of natural knowledge and to forward the
application of scientific methods of investigation to all the problems
of life to the best of my ability, in the conviction which has grown
with my growth, and strengthened with my strength, that there is no
alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought
and action, and the resolute facing of the world as it is, when the
garment of make-believe by which pious hands have hidden its uglier
features is stripped off." This outlook has been called the marriage
of naturalism with philanthropy; it is better to speak of it as the
marriage of naturalism with humanism. It is the belief that a rational
spirituality is possible, natural to man, and, above all things,
desirable.

But if men find their salvation in love for, and loyalty to, values of
various kinds, the practical question {220} becomes that of the
furtherance and support of these values. What are some of the social
conditions of a noble life? Surely education, opportunity and free
association. It is no longer gr