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"HEAVEN'S FIRST LAW"
In Ecclesiastes we read (3:1): "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." But how often the material senses tempt us to think otherwise! These false senses would have us put off until tomorrow what should be done today or to overwork today through fear of less favorable circumstances tomorrow.
The mortal senses would have us believe that opportunities are limited or that they can come too fast, too soon, or too late. But such beliefs of limitation are contrary to God's law of love, and therefore they are powerless to interfere with His harmonious and wise government of the spiritual universe and all that it includes.
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes in "Retrospection and Introspection" (p. 87), "The poet's line, 'Order is heaven's first law,' is so eternally true, so axiomatic, that it has become a truism; and its wisdom is as obvious in religion and scholarship as in astronomy or mathematics." With every God-given opportunity, we can confidently expect to be supplied with the time and the ability necessary for its complete and satisfactory fulfillment.
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January 24, 1959 issue
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HOW TO EXPERIENCE GOOD
ALFRED MARSHALL VAUGHN
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THE IMPORTANCE OF WATCHING
ALMA A. KONIGSLOW
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"SEEKING AND FINDING"
ELSIE J. PERRY
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"HEAVEN'S FIRST LAW"
PAUL R. CARMACK
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TRUE HEALING THROUGH CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
ALICE EMERSON BOYSEN
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PRE-EXISTENCE
Winifred Brown King
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THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD VISIBILITY
HAROLD C. LEWIS
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MAN REFLECTS DIVINE LOVE
MARGARET L. MCCONNELL
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BLOTTING OUT ERROR
VERNELLE BUSTEED
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"A LITTLE SANCTUARY"
John J. Selover
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ORDERLY LIVING
Helen Wood Bauman
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LETTERS TO THE PRESS FROM CHRISTIAN SCIENCE COMMITTEES ON PUBLICATION
with contributions from Dorothy J. Todd
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In 1933, when I was very ill, a...
Louise Lhomenie
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I was brought up in a Christian...
James G. Apple
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Christian Science has blessed me...
Eleanor Wagner
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My first testimony appeared in...
Christina Simson Ansell
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I am submitting this testimony...
Marvin J. Charwat
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To relate all of the experiences...
Bessie M. Tisinger
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The opportunity to submit testimonies...
Irene Turner
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It is with deep gratitude and a...
Eva Louie Eddy