Law is defined in the dictionary as "a rule of being or of conduct; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts." The same dictionary defines moral law as "the will of God; the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward Him and toward each other: a rule of living conformable to righteousness."
As a matter of course the mode of living which governs the community, as well as the individual, should be strictly conformable to righteousness, in keeping with the will of God, whose intelligence is exact and good. By reason of various circumstances, the people of the earth are naturally grouped together in nations or communities, and social harmony is usually first maintained by adopted agreement, but eventually it must rest upon an apprehension of divine law. The peace and harmony of a community is contingent upon the general recognition of rights and privileges.
It is axiomatic that "all men are created equal," but this equality must be discovered and utilized by mankind. Representing various stages of awakening, mortals entertain varied opinions as to what constitutes proper regulations, and in order to avoid contention they enter into a general agreement or elective enactment to make these regulations uniform. The understanding that God is the Principle of all right conduct, points to a future when all men shall so understand the divine law as to be governed directly thereby, and thus the law of God will be recognized as the law of the state. While, with the gain of spiritual understanding, men are being trained into self-government, the individual advancement can but contribute toward the improvement of the community life and government.
