"Ah," said Gabriella, suddenly leaning forward in her chair, "that
is the book that has done all the harm."

"One moment! All these books," continued David, for he was aroused
now and did not pause to consider her passionate protest, "have
this in common: that they try to discover and to trace Law. The
universe--it is the expression of Law. Our solar system--it has
been formed by Law, The sun--the driving force of Law has made it.
Our earth--Law has shaped that; brought Life out of it; evolved
Life on it from the lowest to the highest; lifted primeval Man to
modern Man; out of barbarism developed civilization; out of
prehistoric religions, historic religions. And this one order--
method--purpose--ever running and unfolding through the universe,
is all that we know of Him whom we call Creator, God, our Father.
So that His reign is the Reign of Law. He, Himself, is the author
of the Law that we should seek Him. We obey, and our seekings are
our religions."

"If you ask me whether I believe in the God of the Hebrews, I say
'Yes'; just as I believe in the God of the Babylonians, of the
Egyptians, of the Greeks, of the Romans, of all men. But if you ask
whether I believe what the Hebrews wrote of God, or what any other
age or people thought of God, I say ' No.' I believe what the best
thought of my own age thinks of Him in the light of man's whole
past and of our greater present knowledge of the Laws of His
universe," said David, stoutly, speaking for his masters.

"As for the theologies," he resumed hastily, as if not wishing to
be interrupted, "I know of no book that has undertaken to number
them. They, too, are part of Man's nature and civilization, of his