CHAPTER II. 



LAW ;— ITS DEFINITIONS. 



r f^HE Reign of Law — is this, then, the reign 

 under which we live ? Yes, in a sense it 

 is. There is no denying it. The whole world 

 around us, and the whole world within us, are 

 ruled by Law. Our very spirits are subject to 

 it — those spirits which yet seem so spiritual, so 

 subtle, so free. How often in the darkness do 

 they feel the restraining walls — bounds within 

 which they move — conditions out of which they 

 cannot think ! The perception of this is growing 

 in the consciousness of men. It grows with the 

 growth of knowledge ; it is the delight, the reward, 

 the goal of Science. From Science it passes into 

 every domain of thought, and invades, amongst 

 others, the Theology of the Church. And so we 

 see the men of Theology coming out to parley 

 with the men of Science, — a white flag in their 



