From
the beginning of mortal history obedience to divine law seems to have been the determining factor in the welfare both of individuals and of nations.
In
the tenth chapter of John's gospel we read that when Jesus sought to warn his disciples of the thieves and robbers which would seek to take from them their spiritual possessions, they did not understand the warning given.
All
thoughtful people are agreed that at this time of the year we have many hints of the dawn of a new day, when all that has seemed to vanish in the dark winter of mortal experience springs up again at the call of the Mind which rules the universe.
Throughout
the gospels we find a clear distinction made between law as humanly conceived and expressed, and law as spiritually understood and demonstrated,—law as expressed in Paul's inspired words, "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
