Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

558 THE STATUTES OF LIFE. (June
experience, or whether he learned it from the Egyptians : in
the commands given he made statement of the laws of man's
being, laws in daily operation, ancl which we are able to break
to our hurt, or observe to our benefit. So we feel safe in saying
that they are the laws of the Mind which sustains the earth
and man,-they are God's law; and we who are striving to
knoJV and do hie will must constantly seek to know the laws
and methods involved.
The questions, •• What mu11t we do?'' and •• How must it he
done?" " What is the law governing this?" " What il4 the
cause of that?" are on~s which muRt often arise in the mind
which seeks to know what the Father is doing that it may do
likewise. We should know what we are doing and how it is
done, since, if we would work effectively, we mn11t work und~rstandingly;
therefore these wnrds of Proverbs (IV. 5-7) aflply
very strongly to us: "Get wisdom, get understanding: furgl't
it not. • • • • Forsake her not, and she shall preserve
thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdum iR the principal
thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get
understanding."
Turning to the first Psalm, we find that its writer unclerRt.ond
that if man would be successful, he mutt live in llllCm·•lan•-e
with the laws pertaining to hiR sphere of ~tiun. The words.
"Blessed (h3ppy) is the man that walketh not in the cunnsel
of the ungodly : • • • hut his delight is in the law of tht'
Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night," ~Jhuw
us that the Psalmist's iclea of a guclly man is ·one who recognizes
the universality of law, and, c~onllequently. the Lawgiver,
and who also recogni?.es the necessity of learning the laws of
life, in order that he may apply them tc1 hi!l daily actions.
Concerning the man who makes God's laws a continual study
(implying al!4o that he perceiveR their valne and the wisdom of
applying them when learned) the Psalmist writes: •• He shall
be like a tree plantecl hy tho rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his sea11on ; hi11 leaf also shall not wither; and
what&oever be doeth shall prosper." This signifies that, by
turning his careful attention ooward the laws governing his
life and conduct in relation to his surroundings, a man may
learn, and, iu all his efforts, apply these laws, so that. he will
always sncceed becauw of a. course of action in harmony with
the law which is t.he will of the Lawgiver; for the words,
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