INTRODUCTION xlvii 



time have men of science made such free confessions 

 of faith. God reveals Himself in mysterious ways. 

 What right have we to say that metaphysics does not 

 operate, under specific conditions, in the affairs of 

 men? On this hypothesis revelation, in truth, is not 

 sealed. There must be a Power outside ourselves 

 which works for righteousness. Is that Power going 

 to reveal itself, again, through the vast, marvellously 

 ordered cosmos disclosed by modern science? 



Not long ago Einstein announced his religious faith, 

 an exceedingly simple confession for the exponent of 

 the theory of relativity; which inclines us to think that 

 this investigator, who has set on foot the greatest rev- 

 olution in human thinking since Darwin, may be, after 

 all, a simple soul. He merely said that "the cosmic 

 religious experience is the strongest and noblest driving 

 force behind scientific research"; that "it is enough for 

 me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life per- 

 petuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon 

 the marvellous structure of the universe which we can 

 daily perceive, to try humbly to comprehend even an 

 infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in na- 

 ture." But it was when he declared that, "the only 

 deeply religious people of our largely materialistic age 

 are the earnest men of research," that he stirred up 

 the animals. Leaders of organized religion moved 

 uneasily on their thrones. And certain established 

 faiths bitterly attacked him as heretic and infidel. 

 However, liberal thinkers generally saw merit in his 

 position. 



In reality what does this gentle soul, though pro- 

 found mind, believe? He denies out of hand that sci- 



