198 DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 



the eternal and unchangeable laws of 

 nature and spirit. Sin and punish- 

 ment, virtue and reward, are connected 

 with each other as reason and conclu- 

 sion, cause and effect. Man is himself 

 the cause of his acts and they bring 

 their inevitable consequences. The 

 man therefore who consciously and 

 purposely distorts his own natural evo- 

 lution or that of others stands before 

 himself and before his fellow men bur- 

 dened with a terrible responsibility. 



