Light is one substance with three properties -the actinic, luminous, and caloric. In spite of the fact that the properties of light are distinct they cannot be separated from each other. Where the one is, the others are. Where the actinic is, the luminous and the caloric are, etc. The actinic can neither be seen nor felt. The caloric cannot be seen, but may be felt. The luminous is both seen and/i?//, and is the revelation of the other two.

What an absurdity it would be to reject any two of these properties and call the remaining one " Light ! " Nay! light is one and yet three. It is three, and yet one.

And Holy Scripture says, "God is light." God is one substance-one God, yet three Persons -Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In spite of the fact that the personalities are distinct, they cannot be separated from each other. Where the one is, the others are. The Father can neither be seen nor felt. The Spirit cannot be seen, but may be felt. The Son can both be seen and felt, and is the revelation and the expression of the other two.

What an absurdity it would be to reject any two of these Persons of the Godhead, and call the remaining One "God!" Nay! God is one, and yet three. God is three, and yet one.

And these three distinct Persons-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-are one God, in which we neither confound the Persons nor divide the substance. And these three in the one infinite Godhead work out, in their indivisible unity, redemption, righteousness, and final glory in the name of Christ, and in their unity alone make Christianity possible.

A mystery! Beyond all question. And what would God be without mystery ? What would God be whose infinity a finite mind could grasp ? Extracted