Article April 3, 1937 Issue

Law and Government

FLORENCE SARAH WINSHIP

In attempting the solution of problems relating to human rights, people diligently seek to know the law about it; and right human laws are made and enforced to protect and aid, guard and guide, the welfare of the individual, the community, and the nation.

Christian Science is God's law. It reveals divine Principle and its expression, divine ideas. Christian Scientists gain reassurance and comfort in the understanding that they have found basic law, the one infinite, eternal law; that which maintains the perfect state called heaven.

In Science and Health (p. 587) Mary Baker Eddy defines "heaven," in part, as "government by divine Principle." God, the eternal I AM, the Supreme Ruler, ever sustains man, as free, whole; as the expression of Love, the manifestation of Mind, the idea of Soul, ever beautiful, ever beloved. There is no real power to dispute God's government of His universe including man. As we seek and find the kingdom of heaven, we realize that God's law is guarding, guiding, protecting, sustaining our health, our happiness, our safety, our opportunity, our destiny. Divine law is here, but unless we understand and obey it we do not enjoy its benefits. Only when a child understands something of arithmetic can he solve even the simplest problem. We must take our stand for God's law. Only as we understand it can we prove its power, and realize our spiritual dominion.

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