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which are infinite and consequently incomprehensible to the finite, the reply is that goodness and truth are known by revelation from God in whom they are. As goodness and truth exist only in and from God, they can be known only by revelation from Him. So must have originated the truth and good in every religion, howsoever much it may subsequently have become adulterated.

The religion of progressive civilization of to-day is founded upon the revelation of the goodness and truth of God in Jesus Christ, which is a presentation of the divine nature so vast, so sublime, so complete, that no man can fully fathom it. The infinite character of absolute Goodness and Truth, the infinite nature of God, in no wise precludes the possibility of finite and accommodated revelation of divine nature and life, and of God: nor is it thereby made impossible for the infinite goodness and truth of God to be