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neither be assimilated to Humanity nor to any lowor type of 

 existence. We have no alternative, therefore, but to regard 

 it as higher than Humanity, even " as the heavens are higher 

 than the earth ; " and, except for the intellectual arrogance 

 which the arguments of theologians show lurking beneath 

 their expressions of humility, there is no reason why this 

 admission should not be made unreservedly, without the 

 anthropomorphic qualifications by which its effect is com- 

 monly nullified. The time is surely coming when the 

 slowness of men in accepting such a conclusion will be 

 marvelled at, and when the very inadequacy of human 

 language to express Divinity will be regarded as a reason for 

 deeper faith and more solemn adoration. 



