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ions of the attributes of the acting principle. The attributes thus revealed to us 
we find to be immutable; and they also symbolize to us the principle to which 
they belong, which is thus made knowabie and known to the extent that we know 
‘them. On the other hand, it gives us a conception of a dependent active and 
changing form which we call Nature,and which is but the expression of the inde- 
pendent acting principle. It thus validates to reason the doctrine of a personal 
spiritual God, and it teaches the eternity of nature. Does not this make the In- 
finite and Absolute knowable to us, as well as the limited and relationals 
If we may entertain such a conception of the Infinite and Absolute, as it 
seems that we must, it dissipates all the sensation and ideal philosophies of the 
present and the past. It corrects the errors of the erring, some of whom have 
endeavored to teach mankind that there is no God, and some of whom have en- 
deavored to teach that there is no Nature. We find also that it purges philoso- 
phy of its contradictions; and it relieves science of its shadows of uncertainty, for 
it shows it to rest upon an immutable foundation; and that the phenomena which 
constitutes its data is the expression of Immutability and not the product of in- 
sensate and varying forces, whose existence is unaccountable. The immutable 
laws underlying the phenomena with which science is concerned reveals to us 
the immutable attributes of God upon which they are founded. These attributes, 
like the Principal to whom they belong, are infinite and apply everywhere alike 
throughout the sphere of their applicability. In this paper we are concerned 
with but three. 
The first of these is that by which effects in the Physical World, and Conse- 
quences in the Moral, are exactly proportioned to Causes. In the Moral World 
we call it Justice. In the domain of physical law, as we well know, effect inevi- 
tably follows cause. Here the only escape from the effects of violation is in in- 
voking the action of some law other than the one violated. So in the domain of 
moral law; for here, as in the physical, we have but to invoke a law other than 
the one violated, to escape the consequence of violation. This may be done with 
ease, almost without knowledge, and by each person for itself; by the most lowly 
and ignorant equally with the most lofty and learned. In the moral, as in the 
physical, the violation of law brings pain, which suggests the need of remedy ; 
and the experience of mankind shows that, in the moral, we have but to grieve 
for our offense, turn from the offending course, and resolve upon obedience to the 
law of our own natures, and the pain disappears and peace and strength come 
into the soul. This remedy requires no aid from man, and no elaborate knowl- 
edge ; whereas, in the domain of the physical, the remedy usually requires the in- 
tervention of another, and often demands great knowledge. ‘This brings to our 
view an Attribute which, while not in conflict but perfectly consistent with Justice 
can be interpreted only as an expression of Mercy for weak and erring sentient 
beings. Obedience brings, as its reward, the highest beatitude of which man can 
conceive, while disobedience brings his intensest pain. The existence of such 
wise and adequate provision for man’s moral welfare can not be conceived as 
