morebeautifulthananythingtheyhaveheretoforedone。Andthisissayingmuch。MyconvictionisthatScience，thoughithasevidentlyconqueredDogmaticTheologybasedonbiblicaltextsandancientmodesofthought，willgohandinhandwithReligion；andthat，althoughtheologicalcontrolwillcontinuetodiminish，Religion，asseenintherecognitionof“aPowerintheuniverse，notourselves，whichmakesforrighteousness。”andintheloveofGodandofourneighbor，willsteadilygrowstrongerandstronger，notonlyintheAmericaninstitutionsoflearningbutintheworldatlarge。ThusmaythedeclarationofMicahastotherequirementsofJehovah，thedefinitionbySt。Jamesof“purereligionandundefiled。”and，aboveall，thepreceptsandidealsoftheblessedFounderofChristianityhimself，bebroughttobearmoreandmoreeffectivelyonmankind。
Iclosethisprefacesomedaysafteritsfirstlineswerewritten。ThesunofspringhasdoneitsworkontheNeva；thegreatriverflowstranquillyon，ablessingandajoy；themujiksareforgotten。
Amongthosemassesofcathedralsculpturewhichpreservesomuchofmedievaltheology，onefrequentlyrecurringgroupisnoteworthyforitspresentmentofatime-honoureddoctrineregardingtheoriginoftheuniverse。
TheAlmighty，inhumanform，sitsbenignly，makingthesun，moon，andstars，andhangingthemfromthesolidfirmamentwhichsupportsthe“heavenabove“andoverarchesthe“earthbeneath。”
ThefurrowsofthoughtontheCreator’sbrowshowthatinthisworkheisobligedtocontrive；theknottedmusclesuponhisarmsshowthatheisobligedtotoil；naturally，then，thesculptorsandpaintersofthemedievalandearlymodernperiodfrequentlyrepresentedhimasthewriterswhoseconceptionstheyembodiedhaddone——as，ontheseventhday，wearyafterthoughtandtoil，enjoyingwell-earnedreposeandtheplauditsofthehostsofheaven。