8 HAS SCIENCE DISCOVERED GOD? 



At some definite date in the earlier history of the 

 earth there emerged from the non-hving chemical com- 

 pounds of which the earth's outer shell was composed, 

 the first living cell. An attribute of cosmic energy, 

 consciousness, was then displayed for the first time In 

 this particular corner of the universe. Something new 

 had appeared under the sun. The process of organic 

 evolution was inaugurated. Characteristics of the ad- 

 ministration of the universe which had hitherto been 

 completely concealed were now to be revealed. 



As that process continued to unfold, consciousness 

 expanded and developed. Animals, ere long, were so 

 organized that individuals became aware of environ- 

 mental factors at ever Increasing distances from them- 

 selves, and of elements in their surroundings to which 

 they had previously made no response. The senses of 

 sight, hearing and smell were added to those of touch 

 and taste, and the capacity of awareness was tremen- 

 dously Increased. The behavior of most of the so- 

 called lower animals indicates an awareness of physical 

 factors only, but somewhere In the process of life de- 

 velopment there emerged a new type of awareness, the 

 type which Is uniquely developed In mankind. Non- 

 physical stimuli began to be appreciated. 



Late In the history of the earth, a creature appeared 

 which occasionally responds to the beauty of the sunset 

 and the glory of the dawn. Man is to-day not simply 

 aware of the physical events transpiring at remote dis- 

 tances from himself on other continents and In other 

 stellar galaxies, he also responds to forces which we 

 do well to call spiritual. He is moved by the call to 

 duty; he Is stirred by high Ideals and noble aspira- 

 tions. He has a keen desire to discover goodness, 



