Editorial March 10, 1962 Issue

Law and Prophecy

Ralph E. Wagers

So orderly are the movements of the celestial bodies that astronomers are able to calculate years in advance the exact time of an eclipse of the sun or moon. No wonder the Psalmist was impelled to sing (Ps. 19:1), "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handy-work."

Do we have more confidence in the astronomical order that we observe than we have in the social order in which we participate? In other words, do we expect more of the stars and planets than we do of ourselves? If so, is it not because we believe that we revolve in an orbit of our own, in which we more or less establish the laws by which we are governed? And is it not because we believe ourselves to be apart from the spiritual laws that maintain the harmony of the universe in which we live?

Human history shows that as people have lived in accord with their highest sense of God's law, they have experienced a greater degree of well-being. History shows too that misinterpretation of this law or an unwillingness to abide by it has brought about contrary results. At times men have been willing to obey laws that improve their outward conditions yet have ignored the higher laws—moral and spiritual—that, when fulfilled, bring harmony and progress into their lives.

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