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The value of religion as the only means of salvation cannot be exaggerated. Myths only make us superstitious, and mysticism is apt to produce intellectual fog and mist. It is clear thinking alone which can lead us into the region of Light and Life for which every soul is athirst. History shows how truth entombed in the sepulchre of myth and legend is soon lost to view and replaced by Unholy superstition and purblind bigotry, so often mistaken for faith. The purpose these myths serve is great, but when all is said and done, they are useful to him alone who can understand their significance. The soul is hankering after the realisation of the great ideal of perfection, that is Godhead, but the theologians of today have nothing better than mystic and misty dogmas to console it with.
The realisation of Godhead requires the conception of Truth, i e., the ideal to beattained, and the knowledge of the treans to . attain it with, in the clearest possible way. Mythology alone can hardly serve that purpose. It follows from this that religion can only benefit where it is conducive to precise and clear thinking. The attempt to educate the
