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THE SECOND COMMANDMENT
The second commandment is the subject of much study on the part of Christian Scientists who cannot accept any Scriptural teaching "in the oldness of the letter," to quote St. Paul. The first commandment raises no question, admits of none! It is an unequivocal demand for allegiance to the one God, the one Mind. The second commandment, however, seems to present some difficulty in that the term "the Lord thy God" appears in this as in some of the other commandments.
It is therefore asked by some students of Christian Science whether the same authority is represented by this term as that which is expressed by the word God. To this it may be answered that the term "Lord God" seems to convey a somewhat humanized sense of Deity, a dimmed concept of the perfect Lawgiver; but no mortal belief can lessen the moral obligation to obey the ten commandments, for it is the same authority which is expressed in the second as in the first, whatever be the human concept of the one who demands our obedience. It may be said that our obedience to divine law will be in proportion to our intelligent understanding of the Lawgiver. Christ Jesus said that he came to fulfil the law, not to destroy it, and he did this in healing the sick and reforming the sinful by one and the same method, and in following his example, as taught in Christian Science, we learn that God's law annihilates evil as light dispels darkness.

July 27, 1912 issue
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PERPETUAL PROGRESS
REV. JAMES J. ROME
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HONESTY
CLARKE MC CUE.
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"GRATITUDE."
DAISY BEDFORD.
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TRUTH'S APPEARING
JOHN R. HOOD
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DIFFERENCES RECONCILED
EMMELINE HASKELL
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REPRESSION
KATE WARDWELL BUCK
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"UNFATHOMABLE SEA."
MAURICE KENNEDY
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TRUTH'S SEAMLESS GARMENT
C. W. HASKINS
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I was greatly interested in reading in your esteemed paper...
John L. Rendall
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One of the oldest questions in Christian history is, "What...
Edward W. Dickey
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Permit me to thank you profoundly for your timely...
Arthur E. Jennings
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Will you kindly allow me to say that the Rev.—was...
William J. Bonnin
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OMNIPOTENT, UNCHANGING GOOD
Archibald McLellan
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THE SECOND COMMANDMENT
Annie M. Knott
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"BE OF GOOD CHEER."
John B. Willis
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from Frank M. Ferris, Arthur S. Pierson, R. C. Sheppard, Frank Conklin, Henry Japp, Laurence H. Watres
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ASSURANCE
MINNA MATHISON
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A great many mortals are looking for the truth, although...
Pauline Archibald
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An overwhelming sense of gratitude prompts me to tell...
Ella C. Bailey
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I wish to express my gratitude to God for a wonderful...
E. C. Whiteside
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I have for so many years silently accepted the benefits...
Florence E. Adams
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It gives me great pleasure to testify to the excellent healing...
Mary K. Beck with contributions from David W. Beck
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For years I have been the recipient of many blessings,...
Nellie Dietler
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About the last of August, 1910, I met with an accident,...
John L. Freeman
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More than twenty-two years ago myself and husband became...
Agnes Rodocker with contributions from N. C. Rodocker
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The reading of a testimony in the Sentinel has made me...
Lenora L. Crichton
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My heart is so full of gratitude to divine Love, and also...
Hannah Cole with contributions from Milton Cole
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For fourteen years I have lived in and near Mill Valley,...
Edith M. Pooley
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from Rhinelander, S. G. Barnes, John R. Hunter, M. M. Pattison Muir, J. Herman Randall