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!'