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 "And you can understand God and Infinite Good as being synonymous, can't you?"

"Yes."

"And darkness is lack of light, isn't it?"

"Sure."

"Well, here's the story:—

"Once upon a time there was a deep, dark cave; and away down in this cave, away from the light, there lay a man. And he was very miserable. And all day—and all day—he lay there and moaned and cried because of the dreadful darkness that surrounded him upon all sides. It was absolute blackness, without a ray of light.

"And one day, while he cried, the sun, shining high up in the heavens, heard him and called down to him and asked what grieved him so, and why he cried and groaned.

T is this terrible darkness!' moaned the man. 'I am surrounded and engulfed in blackness. It is dreadful, horrible!'

But,' said the sun, 'what is darkness?'

Why, that I cannot explain to you,' said the man. 'I have no words to portray it to you; but it is the most fearful thing in all the world.'

But what is it like?" asked the sun.