DEAR FATHER, how would you explain about one who is a sincere and faithful student of these teachings, suddenly out of a clear sky, without any premonition of it, and only a short time before having been commended for his work, being let out of his position, he claiming that he certainly had not been thinking of it or picturing it in his mind, other than that he had always felt he was poorly paid, was made to work too long hours, and that his employer was taking advantage of his age and necessity, yet despite this he was very grateful that he had a position these times?

Dear Son, try to realize that besides our law of thinking and believing, bringing things into manifestation, there is another law of righteousness and justice that is always operative, although its judgments, and its rewards and punishments may seemingly be long delayed.

With the friend you mention, this law finally brought an end to the unjust relationship, hastened undoubtedly by his cumulative feeling of being underpaid, and selfishly exploited by his employer. But if he can only see it, if there is a law of righteousness and justice, it must always work to balance any injustice, by eventually lifting him away from an unjust situation to a position, which he has rightly earned by his patience and gratitude, and his always giving the best he had, to his employer.

But you ask, why has he not yet been shown the position awaiting him? The reason is evident, in his not having proven his full love and trust in God, by his worry, anxiety and concern about it, and by his unconscious condemnation of his employer. Not that the employer did not deserve it, but if our friend is a student and lover of these teachings, his Higher Self is but now calling upon him to apply and live these truths; for surely the way has been clearly shown him, and he knows that only by paying no attention to appearances and keeping ever uppermost in his heart a simple, childlike perfect love and trust in God, would it carry him unaffected through this situation, and open the door for his good to flow to him.

Make no mistake, all professing to be lovers of these truths, and followers of Jesus Christ are being called upon these days, to prove their love and understanding of the truths, and especially their love and trust in our Lord Jesus Christ, and our Father God.

It will be of no avail if they spend hours each day in study and meditation, unless they make themselves apply the truths that appeal to them, in all their thinking, speaking and acting. Above everything else, in the days shortly to come upon the world, will be needed a perfect love and trust in God; and the Lord within, the Higher Self of every earnest professing Christian, is putting His outer expression, through every experience that will help Him to develop such a love and trust.

It would be well for all students to turn to the Book of Job and read it carefully, listening all the while to what is shown them from within, and especially noting how Job, despite all kinds of trials and suffering, and much effort of friends to tempt him away from his devotion to Jehovah, was finally brought to a perfect love and trust in God. And then note what happened.

Such a love and trust must be in evidence in the heart and life of everyone who seeks to enter the Kingdom. It alone will gain him entrance, for with it flooding the consciousness, one is then wide open to the One Consciousness, and whatever is needed will rush through into expression as air flows into and fills out a vacuum.

But what about this law of righteousness and justice? We see evidence on every side where it does not seem to be operating—note the millions on relief, the many unworthy ones possessing wealth inherited from parents, or gained from the toil of others, and the many grafting politicians, racketeers and criminals profiting from their ill-gotten gains.

Yes, My Son, I know; it all seems unjust, and that the law with them is not working. But I say it is, and just as surely as the sun rises tomorrow, will all be rectified in time—when every person concerned, like your friend, is ready to learn his lesson from the experience, and to turn to the Lord within, his own True Self, humbly, willing to be shown it by Him, and to put all his love and trust in Him.

Just think! There must be a very definite and far reaching law governing all the acts of man. Not one can defy that law and not come to grief. It is the same law that operates the seasons and all nature, that holds the planets in their orbits, and governs their courses. Suppose one planet should choose to defy the rest of the planets. Can you not see the mighty cosmic catastrophe that would result? Only a planet could not so choose, or if it chose, it would be impossible for it to go its own way, because it is under the law.

Therefore, everything must be governed by law. Yes, by this law of righteousness and justice, and what seems injustice is but the working out of justice, ever operating to bring all things, all conditions and all people into perfect balance, which means into perfect harmony with the law. Hence all you or anyone needs to be concerned about, is whether you are working with the law of love, always planning for the good of others and forgetting self completely, and you will find the law will always work with and for you and will take care of everything.

I know of nothing that more clearly and finely expresses this great truth than the poem by your greatest spiritual poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, entitled;

I KNOW as my life grows older And mine eyes have clearer sight, That under each rank wrong somewhere There lies the root of Right; That each sorrow has its purpose By the sorrow oft unguessed; But as sure as the sun brings morning, Whatever is—is best.

I know that each sinful action, As sure as the night brings shade, Is somewhere, sometime punished, Though the hour be long delayed. I know that the soul is aided Sometimes by the heart’s unrest, And to grow means oft to suffer; Whatever is—is best.

I know that there are no errors In the great eternal plan, And all things work together For the final good of man; And I know when my soul speeds upward, In its grand eternal quest, I shall say, as I look back earthward, Whatever is—is best.

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