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We need people going to saints, mcreasing multitudes of them, who will find in their preachings conformation 'of such central convictions of great religion, and, as always has been the case, the chief obstruction to the fulfilment of that 'need is not irreligion, but petty, prejudicial, fanatical bigoted religious feelings We need more men going to true saints the result of whose worship is not simply peace of mind but an awakened social conscience. It is not that the youth is against religion but against the behaviour of those religious minded people who inspite of maturity of age and advancement in experience still adhere to selfishness and hypocracy under the pretext of religion rather hypocrites doing devil's drudgery in religion's livery. Youth of modern age totally disapproves this. He is against false pomp, myths, dogmas and pharisacalness. Today what we need in religion is not new light, but new sight, not new paths, but new strength to walk in the old ones, not new duties but new strength from'on high to fulfil those that are plain before us.
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Nodoubt ignorance still lures among youths and it is in the interest of the people of age to know that within them lies the cause of whatever enters in the life of the younger generation. The young intellectual who takes his cue from elders has learnt from them just enough to despise what comes from the past Religion in ignorance is to him a silly mumbo-jumbo and the intellectual life of those days a record of superstitions and extortionate
