Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

178 HniEF~. [Octo her
and whatsoever he doeth 11hall pro11per." Thi11 Reems to hP the
experience of each one who has lived the life: he is "like a tree
planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth hill fn1it in
his sea11on; and whatsoe\·er he doeth shall prospea·." The
Psalmist goes on and RayR, "The ungodly are not so; hut are
like the chaff which tho wind driveth away, ete.'' It i11 a fact
that a mau may, if he will, metlitate day and night upon the law
of God. Of 11uch an one we are told in thi11 Psalm that "his delight
i11 in the law of God; and in his law doth he metlitate day and
night." Hi11 delight is not in Rome theory, Rome !I)'Rtern, hut it i11
pnrely in the l:lw of all law11, that of Yahveh. the Ca·eator of the
universe: •• In hi11 law tloth he metlitate day and night." \\' e find
that all things exiRt hy the law of Gotl ; foa· G01l c•reate.l all
that i11, ancl we are hy virtue of the ~, too,
that the holy ones watt·h over us, trying to leatl a111l inRtl·awt us.
Tlu~y alwa~·~~ know just what we will do untleJ• gi\'ell oia·cmu­
!ltaiWe!l, and what the l'e!mlt will he: for they !lt>e, that. in Ro
far 1111 we aa·e influenced hy the NlrreutM of the &Mtml life. we
will he governed by them. antl that, in !lo fa1· 1111 we are ahle to
lay hole! upon aaul use the CJ·eativt~ enea·giell, in 1111 faa· we may
act intlependently of the astl'lll cm·a·l'nt>~. They tlu not hl:unl•
U'l when we d11 vile things, bet•ause they lmnw that it iM hy
virtue of the constituentR of om· natm·"· lUHl the inahilit.v to
overcome ps~·chic iuflueuc•e11 tbi'Ough ladt of tll'\'dt~pnll'ut, that.
we aJ·e lt>d to dn as the animals do.
\V e tlo unt hlame tlw t•at het•anMe 11he t•att·lws the l'llt!! aa11l
thesqnil'l'ek \Veexpedher to tmtc·h game: a1ul we clu uut
11ay that she is \·ile, a111l woude1· that God macle he•·· Nt!ithf'l'