160 The Spiritual Life.
thedivinewhodesiresyourhappiness. Lawis
butthe expression of the perfect, and onlyin
perfectioncan joyand peace befound. Lose
sightofthiswillforamoment,of thosewheels
thatseemtocrush you,for though thewheels
rollonunchanging,theveryheartoftheuniverse
is love. Therefore it isthat some of us who
have caught glimpses of this unity, who have
seen that love and justice are one, and that
injustice and crueltywould be identical,there-
foreitissometimesthat,lookingattheuniverse,
wefeel thatwhile the lawischangelessitlifts
usinsteadof crushing us. And has not your
own Emerson taught you the same lesson?
Canyourememberinoneof those marvellous
essays of his he taught the great truth that
Nature onlylooks cruelwhileweoppose her;
sheisourstrongesthelperwhenwejoinourselves
toher. Forevery lawthatcrushesyouwhile
youopposeit lifts youwhen youareunitedto
it. Everyforce that isagainst youwhileyou
are lawless, is on your side when you make
yourself onewith law. Hetellsyouto hitch
yourwaggonontoastar,forthenthe waggon
shallmovewithalltheforceoftheplanetabove
you; and is it not a greater destiny even to
suffer untilwelearn thelaw,than to escapeit
and remainin ignorancewhen the lawis that
