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wickedness. Whence through these dispositions God contrived to make His own disposition manifest."-(Clementine Fragments, pt. i) A.N.C.L. vol. xxiv. p. 167.
The scientific explanation of the necessity of the confluence of Faith, Knowledge and Conduct, lies in the fact that Faith is necessary for the sustentation of Conduct. Without Faith, Conduct will be unsteady and spasmodic, and will be thrown overboard at the earliest brush with misfortune or discouragement.
Knowledge is so obviously requisite that no word of comment is necessary concerning it. The law in regard to success is' the same both in the region of matter as well as of spirit. Faith, Knowledge and Conduct are necessary if human effort is to be crowned with success, both here as well as on the higher 'plane.'
