But to stop short at that drill, and tell the individual that drill is the essence of his life and all his duty, is another thing altogether.

It confuses means and end; destroys the balance between liberty and law.

If the religious institution is to do its real work in furthering the life of the Spirit, it must introduce a more rich variety into its methods; and thus educate souls of every type not only to be members of the group but also to grow up to the full richness of the personal life.

It must offer them--as indeed Catholicism does to some extent already--both easy emotion and difficult mystery; both dramatic ceremony and ceremonial silence.

It must also give to them all its hoarded knowledge of the inner life of prayer and contemplation, of the remaking of the moral nature on supernatural levels: all the gold that there is in the deposit of faith.