Orlando Jay Smith (June 14, 1842 – December 20, 1908) was an early 20th-century American philosopher.

Though he was an avowed agnostic, he advocated for the search to a meaning in life which would be commensurate with the possible existence of an ultimate intelligence.

[1] Among works by Smith were A Short View of Great Questions (1899), The Coming Democracy, Balance the Fundamental Variety (1904), The Agreement Between Science and Religion (1906) and Eternalism: A Theory Of Infinite Justice (1902).

[2] Smith didn't call himself religious, he thought that both religion and science had been misinterpreted and perverted.

[5] Together, they were the parents of three children:[5] Smith died on December 20, 1908, at Bonneview in Dobbs Ferry, New York.