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What do we mean by the Blessed Trinity? By the Blessed Trinity we mean one God in three divine persons. We agree with the Unitarian in saying that God, the infinite first cause and supreme Lord of all things must be one, for if there were two first causes, neither would be first, or if there were two infinite supreme beings both would be finite and subject to a higher third. Again we agree with the Trinitarians that God is three, because faith tells us so. But when the Trinitarians say " there are three Gods," or when the Unitarians say " there is only one person in God," we disagree with both, and stand halfway between the two and say " there is one God in three persons." For just as in myself there is a human nature which is common to me and to all men, and a personality which distinguishes me from all others, so in God there is one divine nature but three distinct personalities, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Oh, but you say, " I cannot see how a thing can be one and three at the same time, and so I do not believe your doctrine." Brethren, remember Our Lord's words: " Blessed are they who have not seen and have believed." Faith is a belief in things unseen founded on the word of God, and without faith, especially in the Blessed Trinity, it is impossible to be saved. Now as well might we attempt to drain the sea drop by drop into the palm of the hand, as introduce an idea of the Trinity into our shallow brain. But is, therefore, that great mystery a lie? Is our feeble mind on a par with the infinite intelligence of God, the measure of transcendent truths