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 in the Word, or in their souls, or in His providence, the declaration of whole planets of men who declare God to be unknowable to them is of no possible worth against the evidence of one who says I see, I feel, I know. There is the faculty of mental vision that sees in the light of truth; the faculty of mental hearing that understands from harmony; the faculty of keen-scented perception that detects; the faculty of conscience that feels, and there is the organic heart-sense that can taste. In the mind there are faculties corresponding to the senses of the body that enable one to cognize spiritual things as the corporeal senses do material things. If we do not know these faculties, it is because we "have ears to hear" that "hear not," "eyes" to see that "see not," and understandings that do not "understand." Such faculties do exist, and they are far more certain in their use than are the corporeal senses, which unaided by revelation are subject to every illusion.

The simple fact that Evolutionists maintain that God is absolutely unknowable, precludes