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 truth are the nature of God and what is in harmony with Him. Evil and wrong are what is not of the nature of God and not in harmony with Him. Goodness and truth are absolute in the nature and substance of God, from whom originates the idea of goodness and truth, together with all their qualities that appertain to mankind. Wrong and evil have their existence in the free will of man, whereby he can, if he choose, deny God and live in natural and spiritual disorder.

It is from such perceptions of inevitable fact that it can be asserted without reservation or qualification that nothing ethical or moral has a materialistic or natural origin. Truly it may so appear, as a stick seems bent when immersed in water; but the primary cause is the absoluteness of good and truth in God.

Now if we ask what can we know of the Goodness and Truth of God,