174 HAS SCIENCE DISCOVERED GOD? 



radiant energies are on one gamut; matter itself seems 

 to have been swallowed by electricity. Einstein is 

 bringing gravitation into line with the radiant ener- 

 gies. In any case there is general agreement that the 

 physical Lowest Common Denominators of the Uni- 

 verse may be conveniently stated as matter and radia- 

 tion, alike passing through space, or as matter and 

 ether-waves. It is a big thought that the wondrous 

 fabric of the Universe is fashioned out of three or 

 four kinds of thread: matter, radiations, life and mind. 



Perhaps there is a tendency to over-emphasise the 

 unification, for there is much to be said for recognis- 

 ing not one Order of Nature, but three orders of 

 facts — the domain of things and forces (the cosmo- 

 sphere), the realm of organisms (the biosphere), and 

 the kingdom of man (the sociosphere) , for each of 

 these orders of facts has categories of its own, and 

 each of the three great sciences, Chemo-Physics, Bio- 

 Psychology, and Sociology, has its own autonomy. 

 Yet the scientific unification that has been achieved is 

 worthy of being called epoch-making. 



Now along this line of thought we come upon the 

 suggestion that God is to be thought of as the sum- 

 mation of all the powers of the Universe. Sometimes 

 the suggestion goes the length of saying that God is 

 the sum of all the energies. In our judgment this is 

 a line of thought that does not lead to progressive 

 change. For while there can be nothing in the world 

 that can exist apart from God, and no power that is 

 not ultimately His, the generalisation is an attempt to 

 speak two languages at once. "Energy" is a physical 

 concept and measurable; God is a transcendental con- 

 cept, of the Supreme Reality, and infinite. A summa- 



