and also full of grace. The word of the promise, I will be a God unto thee, included within itself from the very moment in which it was uttered, the fulfillment, I am thy God. God gives Himself to His people in order that His people should give themselves to Him. In the Scriptures we find God constantly repeating His declaration: I am thy God. From the mother-promise of Genesis 3:15 on, this rich testimony, comprehending all blessedness and all salvation whatsoever, is repeated again and again, be