216 Origin of Mythology, 



iv^e term that can be found in any language, to describe 

 the nature and character of the incomprehensible Cre- 

 ator, and Governor of the Universe. Jehovah Aleim, the 

 Hebrew words which frequently occur in the sacred writ- 

 ings, denote the all-comprehensive, self-exist- 

 ent Being, the sovereign Lord of the Universe. 

 They convey the most sublime ideas which the - human 

 mind can conceive, of transcendant essence, power and 

 majesty ; and no pious man can pronounce them, with- 

 out feeling a sentiment of the deepest humility and reve- 

 rence* 



ERRATUM. 

 IN page 64, line 26, for nivisy read nix. 



