edge of God that had been given them Israel stood unique among the
nations. Nevertheless other races had some knowledge of Him also. God
has not anywhere or at any time left Himself without witnesses. In our
classical studies we heard of Jupiter or Zeus "Father of men and of
gods". Greeks of old in their philosophic search for unity, Hindoos in
their longing for absorption into the divine, Chinese in the moral
precepts of Confucius, Mohammedans in the constant call to prayer which
they obey, all bring before us religions that are sincere in their
adhesion to one or other of the great truths about God which they have
discovered.

I stood one night on the deck of a ship on the ocean. The moon was at
the full and was shining in a cloudless sky. The light penetrated
everywhere. No part of the wide expanse of water was beyond its reach,
and yet straight before me was a broad pathway of light reaching as far
as I could see. So bright was this pathway, that compared with it on
this side and on that all else seemed to be in darkness.

Some rays of the knowledge of God are recognized in all the great world
religions. Along the line of the prophets of Israel the light of God's
self-revelation shone with special brightness, sometimes waxing it is
true and sometimes waning, until the day dawned and Christ the Sun of
righteousness arose.

This is what St. Paul means when he tells the Christians at Corinth
that God Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness has shined in
their hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ.

WHAT DO WE KNOW OF GOD?

But what is the knowledge of God that has been revealed? We find it in
the Old Testament gradually unfolded, in the New Testament perfected.
What truths does it contain? We must approach this question with
humility and reverence. He of Whom we are thinking is the Living God.
We are in His presence while we think and speak of Him. The whole
splendour of God's Being is beyond us. He is the Creator and Lord of
all. Nevertheless, if we are guided by the Revelation He has given us
in Holy Scripture, we can wholly trust our thoughts of Him as far as
they carry us, just because they are not our own but have been given us
by Him.

GOD IS PERSONAL

"The Lord God is the true God, the Living God and an Everlasting King."
He is also our Father. God then is Personal. He is One on Whom we can
lean, to Whom we can pray, whose