That “perfect poise,” whether of the divine and the human, or of the grace and the truth, alone explains, and alone represents to the Christian, the only Son of the Father, Jesus Christ our Lord. THE UNIVERSAL LAW “_The works of God are fair for nought, Unless our eyes in seeing, See hidden in the thing, the thought That animates its being._” “_The outward form is not the whole, But every part is moulded To image forth an inward soul, That dimly is unfolded._” * * * * * “_Thus nature dwells within our reach; But though we stand so near her, We still interpret half her speech With ears too dull to hear her._” “_Whoever at the coarsest sound Still listens for the finest, Shall hear the noisy world go round To music the divinest._” “_Whoever yearns to see aright, Because his heart is tender, Shall catch a glimpse of heavenly light In every earthly splendour._” THE LAW ACCORDING TO THE BUDDHA. “The whole knowable universe forms one undivided whole.” ♦The Causal Law♦ It is composed of “a vast aggregate of original elements which are perpetually working out their fresh re-distribution in accordance with their own inherent energies.” These elements never become more nor less; but under the Law which governs them, they are in constant motion; they form, distribute, change, re-form; each fresh combination being the effect of Causes, or groups of Causes which precede it. The all-governing Law which keeps the universe in motion is the Law of Evolution, the Law of Cause and Effect. This Law is absolute in its working, it provides for no exceptions. Harvest-time follows seed-time; effects follow causes: and as the harvest provides the seed for all future seed-times and harvests, so, in every sphere, effects in their turn become causes of all future causes and effects. There is no possible deviation from this universal, fundamental law. There is, nevertheless, infinite variety in the universe. For, Causes continually combine to produce ever new Effects; and the universe in its endless progression, is an ever-varying, harmonious, reposeful Unity. There can be no conflict under the governance of the one glorious unalterable Law. THE LAW ACCORDING TO THE CHRIST.