But there is no illustration more perfect than that of light. In pure white light there are many parts, but all in perfect harmony. Let any one colour be left out, or its strength be diminished, and the pure white is seen no more. If we wish for purity in light we must have the whole spectrum, and have it just as God has given it. Let man disturb it in any way whatever, let him keep back any colour, because it does not suit his taste, or isolate any other colour, because for it he feels a special preference, and the result will be that he will no longer look on the pure bright light of heaven. He need not introduce any new element; all that he has to do is to keep back a part and to disturb the proportion, and by that simple and easy process he can substitute a colour of his own devising for the pure brightness of the sunbeam. I believe it to be just the same with the truth of God. It is clearly so with _the Lord Himself_. As He is perfect in every detail, so is He perfect in the proportions of His attributes. Every attribute is in its place, and every attribute perfect; and all are so beautifully fitted together, that the highest desire of the heart thirsting for God is to come “to the perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.” So it is with _the faith_, or God’s great plan of life, continued and carried out in His own boundless love, for the salvation of His people. Of course in this plan there are many parts,—incarnation, life, atonement, resurrection, mediation, etc. There is the work of the Father, the work of the Son, and the work of the Holy Ghost; and, besides that, there is the act of the believer,—seeking Christ, receiving Christ, and living to His glory. And of the whole it may be most truly said, “As for God. His work is perfect.” The whole plan, and every part of it, is Divine. Each part is complete, and each of these complete parts being fitted together in complete proportion, form, when thus fitted, a grand, a perfect, an harmonious whole.