Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

1917 THE PHILOSOPHY or LIFE 265
take place; and when we see the demonstration of the
truth, then we know that he knew.
Again, let us take a view of what we know by means
of our senses. Can any man see, hear, taste, smell, or
feel for another? The answer is, "No." What can man
do for us?
He can talk, and we can hear; he can act in
in our presence, and we can see him; he can think, .and
so can we; he can talk, and so can we; he can attain to
absolute knowledge, and so can we-all these are attained
by one and the same process.
One may pursue the sci~
ences partially, another to their ultimates; one may partially
use his faculties, another use them to the extent of
his capacity; one may be very efficient if one so wills, or
one may remain ignorant. All science on any plane is
good; all depends on the right use of the knowledge attained.
Applied science is the use of science to obtain
results. One scientist plants corn, he knows the results
that will follow; in a proper environment there will be a
large increase over and above the amount planted, much
more than he can eat.
The scientist may exchange his
corn for gold to the man who digs gold out of the earth,
and he may use this gold in a way that is unrighteous,
for it is the use that we make of the gold that is either
righteous or unrighteous.
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There never has been a natural scientist that has discovered
true spiritual science; a science by which man
can know what is right between God and man, and between
man and his fellow man; for without the inspiration
of the Spirit of Truth that reveals all truth this can
not be done.
The methods by which this knowledge is
attained is found in the doctrines of Jesus Christ, who
was a Spiritual Scientist by virtue of this same Spirit of
Truth-and all can prove for themselves that his methods
are true. You may leave out all the rest of the Scriptures
if you choose, until the Spirit reveals it, and much