THE DIVINE LAW.

Evening Star, Issue 22229, 6 January 1936, Page 8

THE DIVINE LAW.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —It is with gratitude and appreciation of Mr Herring’s latest letter that I pen these lines. He is at last beginning to reason as a real thinker; but if he would only hold to “ Divine law ” as the one and only living principle and let that be the basis of all his reasoning, he would see a host of his troubles fade away. Jesus undoubtedly was the essence of giving; but be it noted He gave all in spirit,) substance. “Faith is the substance of things hoped, for, the evidence of things unseen.” To make this fact clear, the evidence of an artist’s picture is his concept of that which he intends to paint upon the camvas, therefore the substance or real picture must be the artist’s state of consciousness towards his subject. We cannot see that until such time as he chooses to portray it. This substance is always with us, but unfortunately we have lost the art of demonstrating as taught by Jesus. Perhaps Mr Herring could inform me how the community could be induced to think in terms of the unorthodox—intelligence, love, truth, righteousness, etc. He admits that it is costly and a sacrifice is necessary to follow the way of Christ Jesus. From mv experience I find that the only sacrifice is ridding myself of evil and filling the gap with good, and wh..t is most illuminating is the fact that the cost is only watchfulness—watching for all that is good in my brother man. Surely this is seeing man ;in the image and likeness of God —good. Your correspondent has some beautiful thoughts, although I have noticed in some of his recent correspondence that the revenge complex becomes uppermost. God, love, is the real; therefore revenge or hate must be unreal, and as it is his intention, I feel sure, to correct a discordant state, the words of the way-shower. Jesus, should be most helpful: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.”

To thinkers here is a real feast, and remember the world was flat just as long as people believed it was flat. Today we believe it is round—who knows P It is nothing more or less than we think it is, and that goes for all things. As Shakespeare says, “ There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it «o,” and John viii., 32. “ Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”—l am, etc., Awakening. January 6.