Article June 11, 1938 Issue

None Greater Than These

A. LINCOLN ROTHBLUM

As recorded in the twelfth chapter of the Gospel of Mark, a scribe approached Christ Jesus and inquired of him which was the first of all the commandments. In answer to the query, the master Christian replied by quoting from Deuteronomy, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord." He continued by quoting the further requirement that God must be loved with all the heart, soul, and strength; and he designated this requirement as "the first commandment."

The Way-shower cited the "royal law" from Leviticus as constituting the second commandment, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Thus did the Saviour indissolubly unite the two heavenly injunctions. His summary, "There is none other commandment greater than these," remains to guide and inspire Christendom.

Christian Science, the divine revelation of Truth through Mary Baker Eddy, presents the spiritual mode whereby Jesus' enunciation of the two great commandments may be made practical in the home, in the church, in business, and in governmental affairs. It establishes through demonstration the spiritual fact of God's oneness, and of man, His image and likeness, as the divine idea. Indicating the place these two commands occupy in the doctrine of Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy writes (No and Yes, p. 38), "Having one God, one Mind, one consciousness,—which includes only His own nature,—and loving your neighbor as yourself, constitute Christian Science, which must demonstrate the nothingness of any other state or stage of being."

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