1. He is splendid, first, in His wonderful _Power_. I should not think of arguing with you as to the existence of GOD; although, to any thinking mind, the marvellous intricacy of the whole creation, from the largest sun to the smallest insect, demands a Thinking Mind; the thunder of the four hundred million consciences of mankind demands a Righteous Person. And a Creator who is at once wise and good is a GOD. No! it is not only His existence which should mean so much to us, but His astonishing power. I remember when I was at Niagara being taken down to the great power-station, and through that power-station the power of Niagara Falls lighted, among other things, the whole of the great province of Ontario so that the solitary worker in some small town was working with the light from a great power-station which he had never seen, and in which he only, perhaps, partly believed. But think of the Power-Station which works the whole universe; which gives the light to twenty million suns which have been counted and GOD knows how many which have never been seen, and yet which gives strength to the boy far from home as he leaps across the parapet into the battle. Well may another psalmist cry: "O GOD, wonderful art Thou in Thy holy places: Thou shalt give strength and power unto Thy people. Blessed be GOD." And, surely, even if there were no other characteristic of the splendour of GOD, this ought to encourage us more than it does. To believe that in prayer you are in touch with unfathomable strength; that if you co-operate with GOD you have at your disposal His unrivalled and incomparable power--this ought to put heart into the most timid. We understand what Archbishop Trench meant when he said: "We kneel how weak; we rise how full of power!" 2. But the power of GOD is really only the beginning of it. The next characteristic of the splendour of GOD is in His _Generosity_. "Thou openest Thine Hand, and fillest all things living with plenteousness," says the psalmist. You could scarcely get a more beautiful description of the open-handedness of GOD, and the ease with which GOD showers His gifts upon the world.