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"GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY"
Too long has the world presented tragic evidence which would indicate that it cannot offer real peace to mankind. Yet individual peace is in no way obtained or affected by the world's testimony. Man's peace rests upon and stems from divine consciousness. Turmoil which claims to be external can always be resisted and ruled out from within. The Old Testament prophet wisely said (Isa. 30:15), "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." In fact, lasting peace, defined by one dictionary in part as "a mental or spiritual state in which there is freedom from that which is disquieting or perturbing, as fears, agitating passions, moral conflict," can only be obtained by one who accepts the truth of God, man's source, and of himself. The Psalmist recognized this when he said (37:37), "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace."
Let us investigate this vital truth, or law, further. Practically every promise in the Bible is contingent upon some condition of performance. We can derive that which is good and helpful; we can reap rewards and receive untold blessings and benefits. But we do so only after definite statutes, or laws, have been assiduously obeyed. The terms of the divine decree, or contract, are specific and inescapable. The title of this article is a case in point. This familiar statement from Psalm 119 makes the promise, "Great peace have they which love thy law."
It is highly important, therefore, and inestimably profitable, for one to learn what constitutes true law, whence it comes, and upon what it is based. Our best starting point in such a search is found in a study of Christian Science. Mary Baker Eddy has many things to say about law, among them this pertinent sentence from "No and Yes" (p. 30): "God's law is in three words, 'I am All;' and this perfect law is ever present to rebuke any claim of another law."
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July 15, 1950 issue
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LABELS
MARY RETTA TITUS
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"GREAT PEACE HAVE THEY"
KENDALL D. STUART
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THE STEPS OF A GOOD MAN
MOLLIE D. BATES
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ON MAKING DECISIONS
BENTON S. WOOD
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THE HUMAN YIELDS TO THE DIVINE
SALLY P. BENGSTON
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BE A GOOD SPORT
AGNES E. HEDENBERGH
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SPARE TEXTBOOK
Leland S. Thompson
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THE ONLY WILL
Robert Ellis Key
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LOVE'S EDICT
Helen Wood Bauman
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It is with the feeling of paying a...
Wayne L. Bart
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For about fifteen years from...
Bessie L. Bonnenfant
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It is with a feeling of deep gratitude...
Ginette Barreau
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It is with a heart overflowing...
Lenora Logan
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Feeling that I have for too long...
Lillian H. Pearce
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Having had many wonderful...
Frances L. McWilliams
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I was sick and in pain for three...
Louis B. McMann with contributions from Emma McMann
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LET US GO FORTH
with contributions from Madeleine E. Schobl
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Held in the Extension of The Mother Church on Tuesday, June 6, 1950, at 10 a. m.
Chairman, Erwin D. Canham Editor
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Letter of Greeting from The Christian Science Board of Directors
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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Keynote Message from the Board of Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society
Board of Trustees
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Opening Remarks
By Erwin D. Canham, Chairman
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The Mission of the Circulation Activity
By H. Phelps Gates, Circulation Manager, The Christian Science Publishing Society
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The Mission of the Advertising Activity
By Miss Priscilla Sanborn, Boston, Advertising Staff, The Christian Science Monitor
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The Mission of The Christian Science Monitor
By Miss Josephine Ripley, Washington Staff Correspondent, The Christian Science Monitor
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The Mission of Our Periodicals
By Robert Ellis Key, Associate Editor, The Christian Science Journal, Sentinel, and Heralds
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The Lesson-Sermon
By Dr. John M. Tutt,
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TODAY
Lillian M. Carter