_O Lord, who by Thy holy Apostle hast taught us to do all things in
the Name of the Lord Jesus and to Thy glory; give Thy blessing, we
pray Thee, to this our work, that we may do it in faith, and
heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. All our powers of body
and mind are Thine, and we would fain devote them to Thy service.
Sanctify them and the work in which we are engaged; let us not be
slothful, but fervent in spirit, and do Thou, O Lord, so bless our
efforts that they may bring forth in us the fruit of true wisdom.
Strengthen the faculties of our minds, and dispose us to exert them
for Thy glory and for the furtherance of Thy Kingdom. Save us from
all pride and vanity and reliance upon our own power or wisdom. Teach
us to seek after truth, and enable us to gain it; while we know
earthly things, may we know Thee, and be known by Thee through and
in Thy Son Jesus Christ, that we may be Thine in body and spirit, in
all our work and undertakings; through Jesus Christ. Amen._--Thomas
Arnold, 1795.
Seventh Week, Sixth Day
Far more important than the opinions of individual scientists for
religion or against it, is the fact that scientists are coming
increasingly to recognize the limitations of their field. The field of
science _is_ limited; its domain is the system of facts and their
laws, which make the immediate environment of man's life; but with the
Origin of all life, with the character of the Power that sustains us
and with the Destiny that lies ahead of us science does not, cannot
deal. The most superficial observance shows how little any great soul
lives within the confines of science's discoveries. Carlyle, after his
great bereavement, writes to his friend Erskine:
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