Article September 26, 1936 Issue

Regulation by Divine Law

HUGH STUART CAMPBELL

In the realm of mechanics there is a contrivance known as a regulator. In a locomotive it operates as a balance or reducing valve. In a watch it takes the form of a lever designed to alter the effective length of the hairspring. When correctly adjusted, the regulator aids mechanical dependability.

On page 353 of "Miscellaneous writings" Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, records an experience of a relative who was a manufacturer. On one occasion a man applied for work in his mills. In the absence of the overseer, an employee in sportive mood put the applicant to work pouring water every ten minutes on the regulator. When the owner of the mills learned what had occurred, he told the jester that he must pay the man for his wasted efforts.

Commenting on this incident Mrs. Eddy observes: "Some people try to tend folks, as if they should steer the regulator of mankind. God makes us pay for tending the action that He adjusts." And she continues: "The regulator is governed by the principle that makes the machinery work rightly; and because it is thus governed, the folly of tending it is no mere jest. The divine Principle carries on His harmony."

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