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 Jehovah with respect to His Almighty power, wisdom, or truth; and the latter, the same, but in reference to His love and mercy. The three essential attributes of Jehovah are Omnipresence, Omniscience, and Omnipotence: by Love He is Omnipresent, by Wisdom, Omniscient, and by his operative Life, Omnipotent. Omnipresence will not allow of the thought of Jehovah leaving one place to come to another; for He is fully and perfectly present in all creation, and in all the states of angelic and human life, be the latter good or evil. This is clearly stated in these words—"If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there." (Psalm cxxxix. 8.) It is certain that "we cannot go where universal love smiles not around."

Teman, a Hebrew word signifying the South, or perfection as to light and brightness, is connected with God; while Paran meaning beauty, is connected with the Holy One. Thus God is said to come from Teman, to instruct us that His Truth, which is the light of every man's little world, proceeds from His perfect wisdom; for this is the perfect brightness of His Majesty: while the Holy One coming from mount Paran is the proceeding of His love, which, originating in perfection or beauty, warms and blesses in its going forth; so that while God comes from Teman—the wisdom from Divine Love—to enlighten the understandings of men, the Holy One comes from Paran to fix and establish the beauty of holiness in the hearts of his people. How rich and full is this spiritual coming of the Lord to every receptive mind! for His glory is said to cover the heavens, while the earth is full of His praise! If we look upward to the star-lit