ophers taught Pantheism, and the wise men of God, guided by divine inspiration, came to a knowledge of the mystery of the Trinity. But when Christ came He announced this truth in plain terms, and men began to see why God in creating said: " Let us make man to our own image and likeness." For Christ taught that Himself, the Father and the Spirit, though three, are still one; that He went to the Father and would send the Holy Ghost. He commanded men to be baptized in the name of God — the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and finally He said, by John, " There are three in heaven who give testimony — the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and they are one." So plain are these words that for every Christian, and more especially for every Catholic, the existence of a triune God must be a fact beyond dispute. Now it is one thing to know the existence of a truth, and it is another thing to be able to explain it. That I move my hand is certain, but how I move it, not all the philosophers that ever lived know or will be able to explain. Hence, that God is at the same time one in nature and threefold in person we are certain of, relying on the word of an infallible God and His infallible Church. But when we ask how this can be, we can only lift up our eyes to God and adore His incomprehensible perfections and exclaim with St. Paul:"0 the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God!"
Brethren, the first and greatest object of our faith must ever be this great truth, that God exists;
