estation of the
Divine Nature, and in obedience to and co-operation with them, he sees
obedience to and co-operation with the Will of God. The non-religious
man sees them as sequences he cannot alter, on harmony with which his
happiness, his comfort, depends. In either case they have a binding
force. The man belonging to any exoteric religion will modify by them
the precepts of his Scriptures, realising that morality rises as
Evolution proceeds. He does thus modify scriptural precepts by practical
obedience or disregard, whether he do it by theory or not. But it is
better that theory and practice should correspond. The intuitionist
will understand that conscience, accumulated experience, has developed
by experience within these laws. The utilitarian will see that the
happiness of all, not only of the greatest number, must be ensured by a
true morality, and will understand why Happiness is the result thereof.
Manu indicates the various bases very significantly: "The whole Ve[d.]a
is the source of the Sacred Law [Revelation], next the tradition
[Conscience] and the virtuous conduct of those who know [Utility],
also the customs of holy men [Evolution] and self-satisfaction
[Mysticism]" (ii, 6.). It is true that happiness can result only by
harmony with law, harmony with the Divine Will which is embodied in
law--we need not quarrel over names--and the Science of Right Conduct,
"by establishing righteousness brings about Happiness". It may therefore
be truly said that the object of Morality is Universal Happiness. Why
the doing of a right action causes a flow of happiness in the doer, even
in the midst of a keen temporary pain entailed by it, we shall see under
"Mysticism".

The moment we base Morality on Evolution, we see that it must change
with the stage of evolution reached, and that the duty--that which ought
to be done--of the civilised and highly advanced man is not the same as
the duty of the savage. "One set of duties for men in the K[r.][t.]a
age, different ones in the Tre[t.][=a] and in the Dv[=a]para, and
another in the Kali." (_Manusm[r.][t.]i_, i, 85.) Different ages
bring new duties. But if Morality be based on Evolution we can at once
define what is "Right" and what is "Wrong". That is Right which
subserves Evolution; that is Wrong which antagonises it. Or in other
words, for those of us who believe that God's method for this world is
the evolutionary: that is Right which co-operates with His Will; that is
w