The method of finding God's Word (Continued) 1. The Psalms 232 2. The prophets in general 235 3. Jonah 241 4. The New Testament in general 247 5. The Book of Revelation 250 WHAT AND WHERE IS GOD? CHAPTER I LOSING GOD, OR THE HONEST ATHEIST _Why does God leave His very existence in doubt by forever hiding Himself?_ _If there were a God would He not make Himself known in such a way that no one could possibly doubt His existence?_ _Why should we be expected to love and obey a God whose existence is still a subject of discussion?_ _Could a righteous and loving Father leave any of His children in doubt of His existence?_ While I was dining one day with a young minister and his wife, the latter disclosed to me her religious state of mind. Said she: "I have no God! They have taken Him away and I do not know where to find Him. My childhood conception of a Man-God on a throne in heaven is gone--and I think rightly gone; but I have nothing to take its place. I hear them speak of an immanent God; of a God who fills all nature. And I have no objection to this except that it brings no relief. Nature is so inexpressibly vast and complex that, to my mind, a God who fills all nature is so infinitely big and spread out that I can neither know Him nor love Him. He is altogether too attenuated for me; besides, this makes Him so much everywhere that He seems to be nowhere. Here I am, without a God, working myself nearly to death in a great Church; and my heart is breaking for a Father to whom I can go, as I once did, with all _my_ hopes and fears. Moreover, all my young women friends feel as I do. We often speak of this among ourselves without knowing where to turn for relief." The distressing experience of this minister's wife is more common than many think. With _her type_ of mind it was inevitable that she should experience doubt while passing from the crude to the mature. Being bright, consecrated, and sincere she had simply hastened the crisis. That the Church is not always present to take care of its own passengers when they arrive at these way-stations is the greater pity; because representatives of various spiritual inns will be sure to meet every incoming train. And if the Church is neglectful of its spiritual pilgrims, it compels them to spend their night of doubt in the depot or on a bench in the park exposed to the tender mercy of religious fakers. Were the difficulties of this minister's wife met, it would be a great blessing to her and to thousands of other troubled souls; and at the same time it would immeasurably enrich our common Christian life.