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 a prophet — an  angel. Lucifer, on  the  contrary,  from an angel  became  a  devil,  because  he  burned  not  with God's love,  but  only  shone  with  His  splendor. Mind education is  but  a  means  toward  the  education  of  the heart, for  what  will  a  world  of  knowledge  profit  a man  if  he  have  not  religion,  if  he  love  not  his  soul? Religion is  an  integral  part  of  every  perfect  system  of education. Not that  we  love  science  less,  but  religion more. Let no  squeamish  scruple  bar  to  us  the  treasure house  of  pagan  literature— of  secular  science  and art. St. Paul,  in  his  Epistle,  quotes  from  the  pagan Euripides and  the  poet  Menander. Secular learning, of itself  well  worth  study  and  research,  enables  us besides  to  snatch  the  sword  from  the  enemies  of religion  and  fight  them  with  their  own  weapons. As did the  Israelites  to  the  Egyptians  of  old — we,  by divine  right,  invade  the  realms  of  worldly  wisdom and appropriate  whatever  we  find  of  sterling  worth  or golden  truth. None the  less  we  maintain  that  education without  religion  is  essentially  imperfect,  for  when science leads  to  its  highest  attained  point  it  is  religion's function  to  become  guide  on  and  up  to  the  very throne of  God. To separate  religion  and  science  is to  rob  religion  of  her  noblest  ally,  and  put  a  dangerous weapon  in  irresponsible  hands  with  no  instruction as to  its  use. Such a  system  is  a  crime  against  the individual and  the  community. Each individual  has an inborn  right  to  the  whole  truth,  but  this  system hides from  him  its  better  half. He studies  a  geography, for  instance,  from  whose  pages  are  cancelled the names  or  true  significance  of  Bethlehem,  Jeru-