tainbead of all life and all happenings, both in the mundane world and in the world of the spirit, Even though He cannot be grasped by reason, the religious symbols give a direct view of Him, and He plants His holy message in the souls of those Who faithfully entrust themselves to Him. In con- trast to this, the natural scientist recognizes as immediately given nothing but the content of his sense experiences and of the measurements based on them, He starts out from this point, on a road of inductive research, to approach as best he can the supreme and eternally unattainable goal of his quest—God and His world order, Therefore, while both religion and natural science require a belief in God for their activities, to the former He is the starting point, to the latter the goal of every thought process. To the former He is the foundation, to the latter the crown of the edifice of every generalized world view. ‘This difference corresponds to the different roles of religion and natural science in human life, Natural science wants man to learn, religion wants him to act. The only solid foundation for learning is the one supplied by sense perception; the assumption of a regular world order functions