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216 and that end, is the uncaused, uncreated God. Thus we see, that the non-existence of God is impossible. And that he should not be Omnipresent, is equally impossible. He being, as we have seen, uncreated; he must necessarily be absolutely independent; and the being who is absolutely independent, must be Omnipotent, must possess Almighty power, power to do everything that does not imply a contradiction. And he who has power thus to do everything, must be everywhere present; for we cannot conceive of power to do anything, where there is no agent to exert that power. But there are other attributes of the Deity spoken of in the Holy Scriptures denominated moral; such as his holiness, justice, goodness and truth. We need recite only a few passages that relate to God's moral excellency. "Who is like unto thee, Lord, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness." "Thou"