The Protection of Spiritual Law

What a blessing it would be for mankind if all could see that the reversal of sense evidence and of human opinion is the way to that understanding of Truth which makes free. To the popular thought, law is usually associated with restriction, but Christian Science teaches that the opposite is true,—that law makes for freedom and provides for the permanence of good. That many false concepts of law exist is easily shown, and thinkers readily admit their ignorance on this subject. A simple test may therefore be helpful to the beginner in Christian Science,—one which will aid him in reaching that sense of certainty which differentiates understanding from mere belief.

When a certain order is set aside, in the treatment of disease, by the application of the truth, we may be sure that this unhappy condition did not represent law, even if the whole world believed that it did; and that God's law cannot be broken, even if the whole world believes this possible. The law remains, in spite of any attempt at its infringement, and eternally demands our recognition and obedience.

In this fact lies our only security, though we may need the measuring line of Science which was held in the hand of the angel to make this plain to us. If we accept material sense testimony, we may fail to see the punishment of wrong and the victory of right, but when we come to know God as eternal, divine Principle, we have positive evidence that He forever vindicates His law and His own.

The Bible declares, "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap," and in an article which is remarkable for its keen, spiritual analysis, our Leader says, "This sacred, solid precept is verified in all directions in Mind-healing" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 66). A backward glance through the vista of years reveals Pilate, the Roman governor, sternly questioning the Galilean Teacher, but failing to question his own motives,—false to eternal justice. Today, posterity is his judge, before which he stands condemned as a traitor to right, while the seeming victim of that hour—"the faithful witness" for Truth—is now the acknowledged ruler of the kings of the earth. Thus do we see the operation of the law of Divine justice which neither slumbers nor sleeps.

It is our joy to be able to prove that the reward of knowing and obeying Truth comes here and now. Our health and our heaven come together in Christian Science, and death does not hasten their possession. As the operation of spiritual law is understood, we see that it renders null and void the supposed laws of mortality, its false pleasures and false pains, and like the Psalmist we are then moved to say, "I delight in thy law."

As we hasten to express our thankfulness to God for the joy thus gained, we cannot do other than thank our Leader who has unearthed for us the long-buried treasures of apostolic Christianity. K.

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