Before the Law

THE ETERNAL LAW is the binding force of the laws of the nations.

We live under God

for God builds - always with us -

everywhere, in us.

The LORD calls to us.
We heed the voice of our King.
The nation is built.

No one else's yoke

is as light and as sweet as

the yoke of our King!

Before us, the Law -

'tis the commandments God spake,

written in our hearts.

Before us, the Law -

ever always to remind

of Who is above.

So law does

not oppress.

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We are a Republic, my people,

- an order and a purpose -

gathers our times, talents

and treasures together.

It is an order -

inexhaustible and eternal,

beautiful beyond our imagination.

It is a purpose -

divinely ordained and infinite,

beyond our naked capacity to compehend.

We a nation ruled NOT

by randomness and chance.

There is a distinctive spirit

that calls together and binds

all our generations together

- this spirit of nationhood -

we know, in our hearts.

For God is our King

and the reign of the LORD

is neither mindless nor blind!

- selah -

We do not live under any law,

my beloved people, for we are a free nation.

We live before it, ever before it!

The law is placed

ever before the people

that we may work as individuals,

with and among each other as citizens,

moment to moment, day by day,

according to the freedom of our gifts,

and the better purposes of the LORD,

to better and more effectively

accept and conform

to each necessary social adaptations

required of us by the law,

shaping and enriching our culture,

enabling our community to innovate,

to survive, and to prosper - as one.

In this way,

law is as a mold - that -

helps to give a proper shape

to our particular society

and this requisite shape

is always a thing

guided by reason,

enlightened by faith,

and demanded by Providence -

each in its own due season,

as required by the needs

of every present time.

- selah -

Law is what deters evil
from afflicting all who are covered
by the law.

Therefore,
the surest way a community

- may place itself -

under the protection of the law

is by abiding with the law.

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The law exists for everybody or none at all.