THE MOTHER: The Woman Clothed with the Sun. PART THE FIRST. "Thy Way is in the sea, and Thy Path in the great waters, "The Things of GOD knoweth no man, but the Spirit of LONDON: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C. 1885. 9370.e. [Two-and-Sixpence. 14. INTRODUCTORY. I. A double object runs through this Book: -the Progressive Manifestation of THE DIVINE; the spiritual advancement of the human. The study of the deep things of GOD, so far as they are herein revealed, that it may profit, must be entered on and carried through in a reverential, humble, and teachable spirit. The ordinary standards of human judgment will here be useless; the ordinary lines of human experience are here overpassed. GOD is not only CREATOR and FATHER of the human race: He is also KING! His Will is ALMIGHTY; and for the execution of His Will He in His Infinite Wisdom makes choice of methods beyond human foresight; bringing to nought the wisdom of men. |