"You know, Helen, I told you to look for the next flash of lightning. It came as I was speaking, and almost blinded you. The air was full of electricity, which causes the lightning; but you could not see it until it flashed. Just so it is with God, who is a Spirit. He is everywhere, and makes himself known by what he does. He is in the air we breathe, in the sunshine and in the storm, in the merry warbling of the birds, in the pleasant gurgling of the brooks, in the sighing of the forest, and in the blooming of the tiniest flower. It is God who swells the buds in the spring, clothes the trees with foliage, forms and ripens the pleasant fruit, causes the sun to shine, and the rain to fall. "'He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man . . . The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.' "Can you tell me, Walter, the meaning of the word infinite?" "Yes, mamma; father explained it to me. God is infinite because he extends through all space, and without limit." Mrs. Dermott rose, and drawing up the window curtain, called her young audience to view the beautiful stars which spangled the sky. Fixing their attention upon one brighter than the rest, she said, "Isabelle, does not that seem a great way off?" "O, yes, mamma." "Well, if you could approach it, and look out just as far beyond, you would only be looking upon the beginning of the infinite space filled by God. "Eternal means the same with regard to time as infinite does with regard to space. When we have lived hundreds of thousands of years in the eternal world, we shall be not one minute nearer the end of our existence. God never began to live, and he never will cease to live. "Helen, the other day you were complaining that the rules or regulations of your school were so often changed that you could not remember them. You can never complain thus of God, for he is unchangeable. The apostle James says,— "'Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.' "God says of himself,— "'I am the Lord; I change not.' "What a wonderful blessing is this attribute of God! With what certainty we can rely upon his promises! We can be sure that his designs of mercy toward the children of men will never, never fail. "We learn by this answer that God is without bounds as to space, and as to time, never varying in himself, nor in the counsels of his mind. "Can you tell me, Walter, the meaning of the word wisdom?" "I suppose it means very skilful, and able to do a great many things." "Yes, Solomon says,— "'The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth.' "God is infinite not only in wisdom, but also in power. He can not only devise wonderful things, but he can accomplish whatever he pleases. Luke, in his Gospel, says of the Jews,— "'And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God.'