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penetrates our whole substance, He enfolds and carries us in His bosom; 
so that we cannot move a hand or foot which He is not witness of, nor form 
a passing thought which He does not see, nor speak so much as a single 
word which He does not hear! Yet, every creature is distinct from the 
Creator. 
The immensity of God, therefore, constitutes the most intimate and 
the most perfect connection—in the natural order—that can possibly exist 
between the Creator and His creatures:—Divine Grace, however, effect¬ 
ing even a still closer union—in the supernatural order. 
“O Thou Eternal One! Whose 'presence bright 
All space doth occupy , all nations guide — 
Unchanged through time’s all-devastating flight! 
Thou only God—there is no God beside! 
Being above all beings! Mighty One, 
Whom none can comprehend and none explore! 
Who fill’st existence with Thyself alone. 
Embracing all , supporting, riding o’er — 
Being Whom we call God, and know no more.” 
—Gabriel Derzhavin. 
We ought, therefore, wherever we are, to think that God is near us. 
As there is no moment of time when we are not enjoying some benefit from 
the hand of God, so there ought to be no moment of time when we have not 
God in our thoughts. 
This continual remembrance of the presence of God is very profitable 
to us. 
It gives strength in time of temptation and holds us back from sin. 
A soldier fights, more bravely in the presence of his king. 
The remembrance of the presence of God is also the best means of 
remaining in the grace of God. 
The remembrance of the presence of God increases, too, our zeal in 
God’s service and leads us on to the practice of all virtues ; it makes us more 
careful in the performance of all our duties. The nearer the water is to the 
