Article February 5, 1921 Issue

Law

GRACE E. POMEROY

It is evident that, used in the sense of established rule, law means a power, an indispensable and indestructible force which operates throughout the entire universe and is reflected by all God's creation, from the smallest to the greatest. All things are subject to law. There is a law governing harmony in music. To give to a piece of music the correct interpretation, it is necessary to know the fundamental rules governing harmony, also the meaning of words and signs found throughout the selection. Then and only then can be brought out in concert the sense of perfection intended by the composer.

No mathematical problem can be solved without a knowledge and application of the underlying rules of mathematics. Are these rules material things? Do we gain any knowledge of them through the five senses? Are they for only a favored few or are they for any one who will take the time to comprehend and use them? There can be but one answer to that question. Then we must believe that there is a spiritual law underlying reality or our own spiritual being. Yes, there is such a law; and just in proportion as we understand and use this law shall we bring out the harmony of being. Our lives will begin to manifest the perfect concept of the creator, who fashioned man by the word of His power.

Grant that this law exists; then we naturally ask, "How may we get the understanding necessary for us to make use of it?" Two of the most common and necessary comforts of our home are water and light. If we had all the proper furnishings in our bathroom, all the taps in place, and the reservoir held an ample and unfailing supply of good water, yet through carelessness or ignorance the pipes were improperly laid, would our home have its normal and rightful supply of water? It would not. The same is applicable to light. If we read carefully the promises of Jesus we shall find that we may expect certain blessings if we comply with certain conditions. "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Now we can no more expect these blessings without fulfilling the conditions, than we can expect to solve a problem in arithmetic without applying the rule of mathematics to that particular problem. And just so will our electric globes be dark unless the wires are up and properly adjusted. Now when it is spiritual light we desire, the "abide in me" and "continue in my word" are our part, and when this is done, we can no more be deprived of light (spiritual) than our home can be in darkness while we have perfect connection with a powerful electric dynamo. This has been proved true by thousands of intelligent men and women during the last half century.

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