Article March 15, 1930 Issue

True Law

FRANK W. JORDAN

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 587) Mary Baker Eddy defines "God" as "the great I am; the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise, all-loving, and eternal; Principle; Mind; Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth; Love; all substance; intelligence." We also learn from this textbook that the universe, including man, is comprised of spiritual ideas which eternally reflect divine Mind, and are sustained and harmoniously controlled by divine law.

A definition of "law" as given by Webster is: "A divine commandment or revelation; God's will." In proportion as thought reflects the qualities and attributes of God, mankind is governed by and expresses God's will. In Isaiah we read, "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." This indicates that God's will is imperative, and that mankind must eventually yield thereto. This yielding may seem slow, but it is nevertheless taking place through the activity of spiritual law. This activity is seen in many righteous human laws, ever tending toward greater harmony and peace.

Laws formulated by political, religious, and social organizations prove beneficent and efficient when the elements of unbending autocracy are replaced with the spirit of the Golden Rule, "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." Spiritual law unfolds good, and only good. Human laws are framed to correct evils and to prevent crime. But these human laws, premised in the belief of good and evil as coexistent, must continue subject to change as improved concepts of wisdom, justice, mercy, and love unfold in human consciousness. True law commands active allegiance through spiritual attraction, not suppression.

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