In
every age of the civilized world there has existed some form of law for the maintenance of order, which was established for the protection of government itself and for the benefit of the governed.
If
one stops to analyze what we may seemingly have given reality to as causation, it will be found that effect has been taking the place of cause, and thus, the beginning from a wrong premise has led to a false conclusion.
Can
there be anything more encouraging than to become conscious of the fact that there is a law of happiness, that the attainment of this law is not a question of chance or uncertainty, but that perfect happiness can be obtained just in proportion to our desire and willingness to recognize the Science of Christianity, and to work with the knowledge that there can be no fortuitous circumstances, no good or bad luck, but simply the reward of correct understanding bringing about results as certain and as sure as the answer which must follow the correct working out of a mathematical calculation?
Jesus
said in the allegorical language of the East, "First cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
