The "Law" is the laws that govern thought and the forces of nature, the phenomena that we perceive, things that are not flexible. The "Word" is the divine power that creates. In "The Law and the Word", Thomas Troward reconciles these two concepts in the shadow of the Biblical promise of eternal life for the truly faithful. With a logical, often scientific, always benevolent style, Troward lays out a method for the practical application of spiritual metaphysics.

Essentially Through analogies and references to contemporary science and technology (the telegraph, radioactivity, flying machines), Thomas Troward brings his points home to modern readers.