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 'How great are Thy works, O Lord! Thou hast made all things in wisdom' (Ps. ciii. 24), — Examples: The child Moses saved; Joseph exalted; Aman disgraced.

19. What means 'God is all-powerful or almighty'?

God is all-powerful means that He can do anything, and has only to will, and the thing is done.

20. To what should our belief in God's infinite power and infinite wisdom incite us?

It should incite us, 1. To place all our confidence in God; and 2. To be always resigned to His dispensations,

21. What means 'God is holy'?

God is holy means that He loves and wills only what is good—i.e., what is in accord with His perfections — and that he abhors all that is evil.

22. What means 'God is just'?

God is just means that He rewards and punishes men according to their deserts.

23. When will perfect retribution be made?

Perfect retribution will not be made until the soul is in the other world;$1$ there is, however, even in this life, no true happiness for the wicked,$2$ and no true unhappiness for the just.$3$

$1$ Parable of the cockle and the wheat (Matt. xiii. 30); of the