Thus then, omnipresent Deity worketh His unbiassed mind, A mind, one in moral, but infinitely multiplied in means: And the uniform prudence of His will cometh to be counted law, Till mutable man fancieth volition stirring in the potter's clay: God, a wise father, showeth not His reasons to His babes; But willeth in secresy and goodness: for causes generate dispute: Then we, His darkling children, watch that invariable purpose, And invest the passive creature with its Maker's energy and skill: Therefore, they of old time stopped short of God in idols, Therefore, in these latter days, we heed not the Jehovah in His works. Mystery is God's great name; He is the mystery of goodness: Some other, from the hierarchs of heaven, usurped the mystery of sin. God is the King, yea even of Himself; He crowned Himself with holiness; The burning circlet of iniquity another found and wore. God is separate, even from His attributes; but He willed eternally the good; Therefore freely, though unchangeably, is wise, righteous, and loving: But ambition, open unto angels, saw the evil, flung aside from the beginning, It was Lucifer that saw, and nothing loathed those black unclaimed regalia, So he coveted and stole, to be counted for a king, antagonist of God, But when he touched the leprous robes, behold! a cheated traitor. For self-existence, charactered with love, with power, wisdom, and ubiquity, Could not dwell alone, but willed and worked creation. Thus, in continual exhalation, darkening the void with matter, Sprang from prolific Deity the creatures of His skill. And beings living on His breath, were needfully less perfect than Himself, Therefore less capable of bliss, whereat His benevolence was bounded; So, to make the capability expand, intensely progressive to eternity, He suffered darkness to illustrate the light, and pain to heighten pleasure: To heap up happiness on souls He loved, allowed He sin and sorrow, And then to guilt and grief and shame, He brought unbidden amnesty: Sinless, none had been redeemed, nor wrapt again in God: Sorrowless, no conflict had been known, and Heaven had been mulcted of its comfort: Yea, with evil unexhibited, probationary toils unfelt, Men had not appreciated good, nor angels valued their security. Herein, to reason's eye, is revealed the mystery of goodness, Blessing through permitted woe, and teaching by the mystery of sin.