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4 language of Hooker: "Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of His name; yet our soundest knowledge is to know that we know Him not as indeed He is, neither can know Him. . . . . . . . .He is above, and we upon earth; therefore it behoveth our words to be wary and few."

Such thoughts should ever be with us when we take in hand to explore the mysteries of the Godhead. Yet they should never be suffered to press so heavily upon us as to paralyse our spiritual energies and drive us to hopelessness. Man is himself divine, although finite, and therefore he may know something of the Divine. Although no man hath seen God at any time, yet the only begotten Son hath declared Him; and that Son has said: "He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father." To refuse the revelation which God has given, therefore, is no proof of humility, but of arrogance. The agnostic is merely interposing his own wilfulness in order to shut out the light which descends from heaven. God has truly revealed Himself; and, although our knowledge of Him can never