In the light of modern knowledge, I advocated the employment of Science in the investigation of things and in the completion of knowledge; the use of religion, ethics and philosophy of life to make sincere one’s thoughts, to rectify one’s heart and to cultivate one’s person; the adoption of social sciences for the regulation of one’s family and the government of a state; and to adopt the conception of Unity of Civilization and the Universality of Religion in order to illustrate illustrious Virtue throughout the world.

While the idea of the sovereignty of the state has limited the scope of civilization by petty nationalism, most great religions claim to be universal. However, the religions have not made good their claim.

Mr. Rockefeller, Jr., before a Bible Class of two hundred men in New York, said that modern intellect has outstripped religion in the headlong progress of modern times. He quoted from a recent article by Winston Churchill, present Chancellor of the Exchequer of the British Empire, as follows: “The ideas of 1924 are marching on and are being perfected in the armies of the world under the surface of peace. Mankind has got into its hands the tools by which it can unfailingly accomplish its own extermination.”

“Why is this so?" Mr. Rockefeller asked, and he answered his own question.

“Because the development of man’s spiritual character has not kept pace with his intellect. Civilization, the accumulation of mind and matter, has temporarily outstripped religion. Religion must quicken its pace, otherwise man will not wake in time to save himself from the nightmare of war.”

As illustrations of religion applied to human affairs, Mr. Rockefeller cited hospitals, schemes for housing, child labor laws, factory laws. “In back of these manifestations, whether consciously or not,” he said, “is the Christian spirit. The operation of man’s sympathy is the flower of our spiritual idealism. If men are to continue to live together in our modern closely knit society,” Mr. Rockefeller declared, “they must be guided by principles springing from love of God, hence love of our brother. Although civilization may temporarily have outstripped its religion, it has not outgrown it.”

Let each one ask himself or herself, “Has intellect or civilization, modern necessities of life and nervous passions outstripped my own abiding reigious faith?” To be more concrete, “If your faith is the Fatherhood of God of Love, can you love mankind as your brother?” Why cannot this text continually ring in our ears: “Forgive them, for they know not what they do." Has it not been said of a great soul that when his pet dog upset his candle in his library and burnt his manuscript upon which he had devoted many years of study to complete, his only displeasure was the exclamation, “Diamond, Diamond! Little do you know the mischief you have done!” If we cannot get this forgiving and sympathetic spirit to permeate our being then religion becomes only a Sunday suit.