[55] Even His universe partakes so much
of His prerogative of infinity that it is utterly beyond the compass of
our finite minds. Indeed, if either the Bible or the book of nature
contained nothing beyond what we could easily comprehend, would it not
diminish our reverence and awe for the One behind them, Whom we now
regard as infinite in power and in wisdom?
True, the natural human heart cannot bear this thought of the direct
acting throughout nature of the infinite Creator. It brings us too close
beneath His gaze in our sinful shortcoming and nakedness.
[Footnote 55: A recent clever writer likens some of these metaphysical
speculations to the act of a baby sucking at a nursing bottle. So long
as there is any milk in the bottle, the baby sucks with pleasure and
profit. Unfortunately the little fellow does not always stop sucking
when the supply of milk gives out, but still keeps on sucking empty air,
with resulting discomfort and colic. We all need to recognize the limits
of the intellectual milk supply, and not keep on trying to solve
problems that are in their very nature beyond the limits of the human
mind.]
And so men draw the veil of their pantheistic or monistic philosophy
over their hearts, to hide them from His all-searching gaze.
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