CHAPTER II
GOD'S PLAN

IT has come down to us in an old legend that at
one period of the world's history man lost his
divinity. He had been careless over the trea-
sure that God had given him and had mislaid
it. This important event caused the gods to
meet in conclave to consider what must be done
since man had shown how little he valued the
gift of his own divinity. During this council
one god suggested that it should be hidden in
the depths of the seas; no, answered the others,
man was full of curiosity and zest, and he
would be going down to those depths to
gather pearls wherewith to adorn himself or
by which to grow rich, and in doing this he
might find the lost treasure. Then another god
suggested that it should be hidden in the bowels
of the earth. No, again replied the majority—
man was an adventurer and would be digging
for gold and diamonds and in seeking what he
considered treasure he might come across the