the relations of God and creatures: God is altissima causa totius universi.3 Theological inquiry may be prompted by temporal occurrence, most of all, by the missions of God in time; but it may not terminate there; if it is truly to know created history, it must also look to the things that are unseen: God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason; according to Isaiah, Eye hath not seen, O God, without thee what thou hast prepared for those that love thee. Now we have to recognize an end before