What They Said

"A boat rows against the stream; the current punishes it.  So is a nation violating a law of God; it is subject to a judgement.  The boat turns and goes with the stream; the current assists it.  So is a nation which has repented and put itself into harmony with God's law; it is subject to a blessing.  But the current is the same; it has not changed, only the boat has changed its relationship to the current.  Neither does God change - we change; and the same law which executed itself in punishment now expresses itself in reward."