Show RELIGION AND SCIENCE Rabbi Reynolds Says Two ForcesNot in Conflict Rabbi Reynolds occupied the pulpit of Dr Philip S Thacher In the Sal Lake theater yesterday morning because be-cause of the absence of the latter In CaICoria Tile Rabbi preached an able sermon on the subject The Conflict Between Be-tween Religion and Science He tald l In part Anyone who studies history In a profound reverent and Intelligent spirIt of Investigation cannot fall to notice that the grandest and most glorious or human achievements either In an Individual In-dividual or collective capacity are called forth and Intensely stimulated by the allimpelling and allpervading force of religious devotion I Is the religious feeling the manifestation or mans Intuitive quest after God the intense In-tense craving and unquenchable Lhlr8t for divine worship and adoration that marks the point of divergence between man and the lower animals After an able argument to show that all the best advancement of the human family In all the centuries has been done due to mans quest for the Inlln Ito I that whatever may be the case with other forms of religion those that have Unltarlanlsm for their basis are In entire en-tire accord with science and that this principle of Unity or Monism as It 1M 1 now called the principle which Is the basis of the Jewish religion the mother of all Unitarian churches has made the universe kin the speaker continued Justice In Its strictest acceptation the Jews always believed to be the regulating force of the universal plan and the modern Unitarian churches are more and more beginning to realize the philosophic truth of this belief The prevailing Orthodox churches have nQ place for the systematic mcthodica workings of the principle of Justice They believe that the violation of OOds laws can he rectified and made good b > a supernatural Inexplicable proce which they call grace which Is I brought about by the offlco of an inter medlary Science after all Its gigantic labors can And no mich agency anywhere any-where In nature On the contrary thP find that Justice I o the naturalist I method of salvation through effort ant deed Is the dominating principle of al life and applies to man jia to all cite In this respect science is In conflict with tho Orthodox mystical religion buts but-s In perfect accord with Judaism and modern Unitarlanism We see thus that religion true religion Js not and cannot be in con filet with science since one truth must accord with the other To make religion reli-gion lasting true and unchangeable its it-s necessary to return to Mosaic concep lon eliminate the mystical elements and substitute natural ones in their place |