nite Object—any Divine Person, in the thought of their understanding when they pray?
We are aware that this trinity of persons in God is regarded and spoken of by those who profess to believe it, as an inexplicable mystery. And what is this but an admission that the doctrine is one which does not come within the scope of the human understanding? Or, in other words, that there is no distinct and well defined idea of God in the minds of these persons? Their belief then seems to be a belief in a certain expression, or form of words, and not in any distinct object of thought which the words are a medium of conveying to their minds. And how much better is a faith in certain words, which, it is admitted, convey no intelligible idea, than no faith at all? To our mind there is not the slightest difference.
It is true that by far the greatest portion of the professed christian world believe, or profess to believe, in the divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ. They profess to believe that He is a Divine Person—that He is God. Now if there be but one Divine Being—but one God, as all profess to believe, then there can be no other Divine Being or Person—no other God besides Him. Then He is the Divine Being who has revealed Himself personally unto men. He is the manifested Jehovah—the Immanuel, God with us—and the only proper Ob-
