Far better is it to welcome the aid of science, in the conviction
that all truth is one, and, in the light of this truth, to allow
theology and science to work together in the steady evolution of
religion and morality.
The revelations made by the sciences which most directly deal with
the history of man all converge in the truth that during the
earlier stages of this evolution moral and spiritual teachings must
be inclosed in myth, legend, and parable. "The Master" felt this
when he gave to the poor peasants about him, and so to the world,
his simple and beautiful illustrations. In making this truth clear,
science will give to religion far more than it will take away, for
it will throw new life and light into all sacred literature.
CHAPTER XIX.
FROM LEVITICUS TO POLITICAL ECONOMY
I. ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF HOSTILITY TO LOANS AT INTEREST.
AMONG questions on which the supporters of right reason in
political and social science have only conquered theological
opposition after centuries of war, is the taking of interest on
loans.
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