198 HAS SCIENCE DISCOVERED GOD? 



inatlon. Newton, Faraday, Maxwell, Ampere, and 

 many other great scientists believed strongly In spir- 

 itual realities. Have they been led astray on account 

 of untrained Imagination? The highest value of the 

 spiritual realities is revealed in the longing of the 

 human soul to rescue the life of humanity from a 

 threatening chaos and transform it Into a cosmos, a 

 humanity of simple law and beautiful order, the 

 nearest approach to what we Christians call the King- 

 dom of God. This longing for the cosmos of simple 

 law and beautiful order in the life of humanity was 

 undoubtedly planted In the human soul by its contem- 

 plation of the beautiful cosmos revealed by the reali- 

 ties of the physical world. The mighty oak, for in- 

 stance, with Its millions of leaves Inhaling the life- 

 giving energy of the golden sunshine, and with Its mil- 

 lions of tiny roots exploring the nourishing wealth of 

 the soil, all co-operating for one common end, Is a 

 radiant physical Illustration of the cosmos In the life 

 of humanity. Such are the points of contact between 

 physical and spiritual realities which lead us to the 

 recognition of striking resemblances between these 

 realities. 



The Individual man Is a granule In the world of 

 humanity. His relationship to the other granules of 

 humanity and to the physical universe gives his life 

 a definite meaning. This relationship is completely 

 determined by his conduct. If the social cosmos, the 

 Kingdom of God, Is to appear on earth, then the con- 

 duct of human granules must be guided toward that 

 goal, just as the chaotic vapor molecules are guided 

 by intrinsic forces when they coalese Into the cosmos 



