be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth." Have we ever
stopped to think how unlikely it is that the Infinite One has any desire
which He cannot accomplish? If any of His creatures are consigned to
eternal torment, and if He wishes, as He says He does, to save them from
that fate, does He not desire what He cannot accomplish? Remember that
he has all moral as well as all physical power; remember that his love
will impel Him to use His power; remember that in His infinite wisdom He
knows how; and it will be seen that He has no design which He cannot
effect. Just ponder this idea for a while before you go farther.

I was revolving this thought in my mind when I chanced to meet with, a
very terse expression of it. I have already quoted an eminent divine who
said: "God infallibly accomplishes everything at which He aims." The
theologian did not think that his dictum would be given such a wide
application. But it commends itself to our judgment nevertheless, be the
application what it may. The same thought was differently expressed
recently, from a scientific point of view. Sir Oliver Lodge said in a
recent lecture: "The Creator of the Universe is not going to be
frustrated by the insignificant efforts of His own creatures."


ON A LARGE SCALE.

In the light of this fact sin appears but an episode in eternal
providence; and we can conceive that it is permitted for a time, for the
realization of a greater good. It is but an expansion of the
acknowledged principle that God brings good out of evil. Sin is not the
normal condition of the universe. It is abnormal, and in time will give
way to normal conditions. We are accustomed to believe in this principle
on a small scale; but if we accustom ourselves to regard the same