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The belief in a God of infinite wisdom, goodness, and truth, involves the necessary conclusion that all truth, virtue, and happiness, must find in his nature their source, their foundation, and their standard. But as the nature of God can be made known to us only by the revelation of his will in his works and word, it follows that the revealed will of God is, practically, the only rule by which we can infallibly ascertain what is truth, what is virtue, and what is happiness; the only standard to which all the controversies of limited, imperfect, misguided reason must be brought; the only power by which all spiritual motion, energy, and success can be imparted; and the only centre of spiritual cohesion and attraction, by which all the movements of all the agencies of all his creatures are overruled, and made to work together for the furtherance of God's glorious designs.

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