Only in so far as such all-round realization and response are achieved by us do we live the spiritual life.

We do it perhaps in some degree, every time that we surrender to pure beauty or unselfish devotion; for then all but the most insensitive must be conscious of an unearthly touch, and hear the cadence of a heavenly melody.

In these partial experiences something, as it were, of the richness of Reality overflows and is experienced by us.

But it is in the wholeness of response characteristic of religion--that uncalculated response to stimulus which is the mark of the instinctive life--that this Realty of love and power is most truly found and felt by us.

In this generous and heart-searching surrender of religion, rightly made, the self achieves inner harmony, and finds a satisfying objective for all its cravings and energies.