Article December 16, 1939 Issue

"Owe no man ... but to love"

HAZEL GRUND

"Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law." A student of Christian Science sought a fuller meaning of the foregoing passage, Paul's admonition to the followers of Christ Jesus in Rome. Apparently, obedience to the two commands to "owe no man" but "to love" constitutes the fulfillment of the law.

The firm of which the student was a partner was doing a large amount of credit business. It was becoming increasingly difficult to make collections, although in many cases there was no actual excuse for delayed payments. It was the policy of the firm to pay its own bills promptly, and to proceed with caution and wisdom in each undertaking. Care was taken that each obligation and contract should always come under the government of the Golden Rule, as far as the firm's own part was concerned. This honest and conscientious procedure, it was felt, would naturally operate as law, whereby those indebted to the firm would make greater effort to meet their obligations.

It was obvious to the student that that which seemed to stand in the way of a more righteous adjustment was the presence of resentment and condemnation, masquerading as righteous indignation. Consequently, as the situation became more acute, it was realized that greater effort must be made to reason from the higher standpoint as taught in Christian Science.

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