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rO a revelation of character, and thus of character's possessor. 

 E From this it follows that a Quality is a Mode of Manifestation 

 f of its possessor. We feel a stone, and say that it " is " solid, 

 ^ heavy, hard, or that it " has " solidity, heaviness, hardness ; 

 ^ each of these qualities revealing the stone's character to some 

 B extent, and therefore being modes of the stone's manifestation, 

 » we say naturally and correctly not only that the stone " has," 

 I but that the stone " is." We observe the decisions given by 

 I a judge, and, noting their justice, we call him a just judge ; his 

 justice is a mode of manifestation of his character (to some 

 extent), and therefore of the man. I hold that in every 

 creature hes power, or capability, for self -manifestation, to 

 some extent and by some mode or other, to other creatures. 

 ^ The explanation of this appears involved in the Character of 

 1 GOD. " The Good One " is LOVE. LOVE would create in 

 1^ order to bless with the highest form and mode of blessing the 

 creatures. Its power brought into being ; and the highest form 

 ^ of blessing would be Its own Self -manifestation. Since the 

 y creation would be according to Divine purpose and thought, 

 5' creatures would in some m.^asure participate in the Divine 

 ^ character, and be endowed with power or capability for some 

 ? sort of self-manifestation to one another for the benefit of each 

 p and all. The universe may be compared to a body of which 

 the various creatures are members ; the members should manifest 

 themselves to one another for the common good and be united 

 by a common sympathy. They are " The Many in The One 

 (universe), and, since each is one part of this One, " The One 

 is in The Many." And do not these phrases acquire a deeper 

 and grander meaning as we remind ourselves that the universe 

 with its " Many " had pre-existence in the Divine Mind, that 

 in Christ all things consist and were created, and He fills all 

 things ; that out of GOD, The Good " One," and through HIM 

 and unto HIM, are all things, to Whom be glory for ever. 

 Amen ! 



Plato deduced all things from a Divine Triad, namely. The 

 One, Existence, and Another united to both. He held also 

 Three Ideas of the Reason. This would lead us to conclude 

 o'^ o that he regarded Three as the basic and fundamental Many, 

 J! ^ g. and is suggestive of the sublime Christian doctrine of The Trinity, 

 ^ I' 5' The Tri-unity. This doctrine, of The One in The Three and 

 ^ The Three in The One, is written large in the Book of Nature. 

 J ^ Let us glance at some of the pages. 



