not appertain to them, but for the reason that spiritual things are above the material to which science by definition is confined. The facts of science are the evidence addressed to the corporeal senses. Spiritual knowledge, the knowledge of causes, is addressed to the senses of the soul. Paul gave definite expression to the principle involved in the discernment of interior causes. "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." Yet if "scientific" is used in the sense of rational, reasonable, or knowable, there is nothing more scientific than the knowledge of spiritual things and interior causes. For not only must spiritual knowledge be mentally grasped and seen through, but it must be in harmony with natural science, receive its full support, and be illustrated by it. Spiritual knowl-
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