CHAPTER X
God Knowable
IT IS universally acknowledged that God is infinite. That man is finite is equally clear. That the finite cannot comprehend the infinite is also beyond dispute. But no graver error can be made than to draw the conclusion that since man is finite and God is infinite, God is unknowable.
The essential nature of a rock is just as unknowable as God is, yet we have the science of geology. But because the essential nature of a rock is unknown no one of sound mind questions the existence of a rock. The essential nature of land and water is unknowable, but no one doubts the existence of land and sea, or questions the laws of navigation. The essential nature of the earth is unknown, but there is ab-
