Article November 23, 1899 Issue

Justice and Honor

BY M. BETTIE BELL.

We can only honor God by acknowledging His creation as spiritual and immortal. Then nothing can take away our faith in and understanding of the spirituality of the sons and daughters of God. To honor God it is necessary to take three steps: First to learn to know God as the Principle and only Creator of the universe and man; Second to honor the real self as a part of His creation; and, Third, to honor our brother man by understanding that he can manifest no deflection as he is forever reflecting his Creator. It is thus that Truth and Love are honored and justice becomes peacemaker to mankind. If justice comes of law and law is Life, then sin, sickness, and death are not justice and not the law of Life. Many are saying, "What authority have you Christian Scientists for presenting the Word in the way you do, and why are you so radical and narrow-minded as to disbelieve in preachers and want all your churches to read from the book?" Hear the command of Jeremiah to Baruch and let it answer:—

"Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying:...Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the ears of the people in the Lord's house upon the fasting day; and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. . . . Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord's house, in the ears of the people. . . . And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears" (Jeremiah, 36: 6, 10, 15).

We will observe that Baruch did not preach the word from his own conception, but obeyed the command and read it from the roll or book.

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