a conception finds no counterpart in the goodness of God. The goodness of God is

spoken of in the same breath as His greatness, His holiness and His righteousness.

Some of the attributes of God are raised by the figure Metonymy, and made to stand as

titles for God Himself. Thus we read: "Except the God of my father, the God of

Abraham, and the FEAR of Isaac, had been with me" (Gen. 31: 42). So it is with this

all-pervading attribute of goodness: "Blessed be the Lord . . . . . My goodness, and my

fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in Whom I trust"

(Psa. 144: 1, 2).

"Thou art good, and doest good." "This God is our God."