"They had been witnessing the miracles he had wrought, and their hearts were filled with wonder and awe. "Anna, can you think of any thing which we call holy?" Anna hesitated a moment, and then replied, "The Sabbath is holy, because it is God's day." "God is unchangeable in holiness. "'Who is like thee, glorious in holiness?' "He is also immutable in justice. "'Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne.' "He is infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, also, in goodness and truth. "'The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.' "'Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.'" "In 1643, the Westminster Assembly, of one hundred and fifty-one laymen and divines, met by order of Parliament. One committee of that body framed a Catechism which expresses the common faith of the reformed churches, and is adapted to general use. When they came to the question, 'What is God?' an awful solemnity fell upon them. Who could venture to express in words the momentous truth? All shrunk from the too sacred idea. "At length it was resolved, as an expression of the committee's deep humility, that the youngest member should make the first attempt. He consented, but begged that the brethren would first unite with him in prayer for divine enlightenment. Then, in slow and solemn accents, he thus began his prayer: "'O God! Thou art a spirit, infinite, eternal, unchangeable in thy being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth!' "When he ceased, the first sentence of his prayer was immediately written down and adopted, as the most perfect answer that could be conceived; as, indeed, in a very sacred sense, God's own answer, descriptive of himself." CHAPTER V. THE UNITY OF GOD; OR, THE MISSION HOUSE. QUESTION V. _Are there more Gods than one?_ ANSWER. There is but one only, the living and true God. —————— BEFORE the evening on which the next lesson of the Catechism occurred, Mr. Dermott unexpectedly returned home. He was welcomed by the children with almost boisterous affection. And after relating many incidents which had occurred during his absence, Helen exclaimed, "O papa, we do have such nice times at the catechising! I never liked the Catechism before, because I did not understand the meaning of the words. But now you may ask me any question that you like. I mean about those mother has explained to us." "Indeed!" cried Mr. Dermott, with an arch smile. "I must obtain permission to join this wonderful class; for I confess there is much that I could learn about these sublime truths. What is the lesson for to-night?" "We don't have to look out any of the references, as we did at the Sabbath school," exclaimed Walter, earnestly. "We only commit the answer to the question; and when it's Belle's turn, mother lets her read it from the book."