The science of morals originates from the character of Him who is glorious in holiness. To his moral creation he communicated that character,—that assemblage of attributes,—which it became him to give; and those relations he established between himself and that creation which were suitable to him and them, and fitting for them among themselves, and with surrounding nature, under his universal government. Out of those relations, thus established, arises the law by which they are regulated. Ultimately we find the law of our moral nature proceeding from God, along with our being; bearing the signature of his character, and stamped with the seal of his authority. Hence its obligatory force. All on this side of that is mere expediency,—of no higher import than advice, though emphatic advice.

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