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world　and　no　other　seem　as　dry　as　sticks；　as　hard　and　crude　as



blocks　of　stone　or　brick…bats。







In　a　general　way；　then；　and　〃on　the　whole；〃＇224＇　our　abandonment



of　theological　criteria；　and　our　testing　of　religion　by　practical



common　sense　and　the　empirical　method；　leave　it　in　possession　of



its　towering　place　in　history。　　Economically；　the　saintly　group



of　qualities　is　indispensable　to　the　world's　welfare。　　The　great



saints　are　immediate　successes；　the　smaller　ones　are　at　least



heralds　and　harbingers；　and　they　may　be　leavens　also；　of　a　better



mundane　order。　　Let　us　be　saints；　then；　if　we　can；　whether　or　not



we　succeed　visibly　and　temporally。　　But　in　our　Father's　house　are



many　mansions；　and　each　of　us　must　discover　for　himself　the　kind



of　religion　and　the　amount　of　saintship　which　best　comports　with



what　he　believes　to　be　his　powers　and　feels　to　be　his　truest



mission　and　vocation。　　There　are　no　successes　to　be　guaranteed



and　no　set　orders　to　be　given　to　individuals；　so　long　as　we



follow　the　methods　of　empirical　philosophy。







＇224＇　See　above；　p。　321。















This　is　my　conclusion　so　far。　　I　know　that　on　some　of　your　minds



it　leaves　a　feeling　of　wonder　that　such　a　method　should　have　been



applied　to　such　a　subject；　and　this　in　spite　of　all　those　remarks



about　empiricism　which　I　made　at　the　beginning　of　Lecture



XIII。＇225＇　How；　you　say；　can　religion；　which　believes　in　two



worlds　and　an　invisible　order；　be　estimated　by　the　adaptation　of



its　fruits　to　this　world's　order　alone？　　It　is　its　truth；　not　its



utility；　you　insist；　upon　which　our　verdict　ought　to　depend。　　If



religion　is　true；　its　fruits　are　good　fruits；　even　though　in　this



world　they　should　prove　uniformly　ill　adapted　and　full　of　naught



but　pathos。　　It　goes　back；　then；　after　all；　to　the　question　of



the　truth　of　theology。　The　plot　inevitably　thickens　upon　us；　we



cannot　escape　theoretical　considerations。　　I　propose；　then；　that



to　some　degree　we　face　the　responsibility。　　Religious　persons



have　often；　though　not　uniformly；　professed　to　see　truth　in　a



special　manner。　　That　manner　is　known　as　mysticism。　　I　will



consequently　now　proceed　to　treat　at　some　length　of　mystical



phenomena；　and　after　that；　though　more　briefly；　I　will　consider



religious　philosophy。







＇225＇　Above；　pp。　321…327