It is the means of seeking. Freeborn persisted that the reason of the unconverted was carnal, and that such could not understand Scripture. It is the appointed method for our guidance.
Brutes go by instinct, men by reason.
Really, they are led by their feelings, their affections, by the sense of the beautiful, and the good, and the holy. The Mahometans have no altars or priests, nothing but a pulpit and a preacher. You would see what I mean if you went into a foreign cathedral, or even into one of the Catholic churches in our large towns. The celebrant, deacon and subdeacon, acolytes with lights, the incense, and the chanting all combine to one end, one act of worship. This is worship, and it is far above reason.