1:^6 PKOFESSOR H. LANGHORNE ORCHARD, M.A., B.SC, ON 



(1) The Triune God reveals Himself to His creatures as Spirit 

 (Source of all life and power), Light (Holy and Righteous, Source 

 of all illumination), Love (Giver of His only-begotten Son, for 

 the Redemption of sinners). (2) The nature of Man (made in 

 the Divine image) as spirit, soul, body. (3) Consciousness, as 

 Hamilton points out (in " Discussions "), is "a complex pheno- 

 menon comprehending three several terms : 1°, The idea of the 

 ego and non-ego as Finite ; 2°, The idea of Something else as 

 Infinite ; and 3°, The idea of the Relation of the finite element 

 to the infinite." (4) Mind comprises Reason, Desire, Affection. 

 (5) Mental Life has Thought, FeeUng, Will. (6) The Christian 

 spirit, knowledge, hope, have, each of them, three links with 

 GOD. (7) The page of Space tells us of three dimensions — 

 length, breadth, height or depth. (8) That of Time says three — 

 past, present, future. (9) If we turn to the page of Substance, 

 we read three — spirit, ether, matter. (10) And Matter speaks 

 of gravity, pressure, temperature, and of the three states — • 

 solidity, liquidity, gaseity. (11) This Globe, on which we are 

 living, shows mountain, plain, valley, points us to its triple 

 kingdom — animal, vegetable, mineral ; and reminds us every 

 day of land, and water, and air. (12) The page of Belief is 

 occupied by conjecture, or opinion, or knowledge, according as 

 our minds concern themselves with (mere) possibility, probability, 

 or certainty. (13) The page of Logic, written in the type of 

 syllogism, exhibits two premises and a conclusion built upon 

 them by the laws of thought. (14) Religion declares that in 

 proportion as faith, hope, love, " these three," influence the 

 Christian, so will the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the 

 Love of GOD, and the Communion of The Holy Spirit, live in 

 his daily life. It were easy to mention yet other triads, but 

 these may sufiice to show that " The One in The Many " and 



The Many in The One " have their basis in the Divine Trinity. 



Did some such thought scintillate in Plato's mind when he 

 urged knowledge of the Ideas and contemplation of them as 

 leading to knowledge and contemplation of The Good One — 

 The Creator, Source of all life and power, from Whom the Ideas 

 and human Souls are emanations ? It is certain that Plato 

 regarded this knowledge, this contemplation, this intercourse 

 with GOD, as the supreme aim and end of human aspiration, 

 as the soul's fullness of satisfaction. The Ideas, being Divine 

 lS^07]/jiaTa, originated from the Divine Character, and, being 

 impressed on creation, manifested, " by the things that are 



