February 3

Men talk about morality as one thing, and religion as another. Sometimes they pit them one against the other, as if they were some sort of natural antagonism between the two. There can be no such thing as morality without religion, and morality becomes more and more genuine just in proportion as religion becomes more and more sound and true. We do not believe in any reform which finds its whole motive within the region of human relations. We look for the permanent success of no effort, however noble its appointed aim may be, which does not draw its impulse from some association of humanity with a power and a will above its own.