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WHAT SHOULD I DO FIRST?
WHAT should I do first? The answer to this question is often shrouded in uncertainty and anxiety. Every day is filled with human duties–business, household, social, scholastic–all demanding immediate attention. But Christian Science points out that the order of duty always begins with the divine, with an obligation which takes precedence over every human demand.
Our first duty is to God, the divine Principle of the universe. Discord and frustration result from attempting to put our other duties first, leaving our duty to God to be undertaken later or neglected altogether. When the obligation to God is put first, the order of our activities falls naturally into place, and harmony and achievement ensue.
What is this duty to God, and how shall we fulfill it? Christ Jesus told us plainly (Matt. 22:37), "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." And he emphasized the priority of this obligation when he said, "This is the first and great commandment." In exact accord with the Master, Christian Science teaches its students that love of God is superior to every other activity and is therefore their first duty.
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October 10, 1959 issue
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WHAT SHOULD I DO FIRST?
PAUL H. EAMES
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"SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS"
ARLENE SHULL MAHONE
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NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD"
DONALD PEARCE
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OUR TRUE HOME
GLADYS ELLA GIBBS
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"NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE, BE DONE"
RUTH GAZZAM HAIGHT
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"THE EL DORADO OF CHRISTIANITY"
CHARLES GREEN
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GOD LOVES ME
Mary Weston-Webb
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THE STRANGER WITHIN THY GATES
Harold Molter
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EVERYONE IS IMPORTANT
Helen Wood Bauman
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RADIO PROGRAM No. 316 - Spiritual Awakening Brings Freedom
with contributions from Perry Crow
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BRANCH CHURCH PROGRESS
BY George Nay, of Boston, Massachusetts
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Four years ago kind friends made...
Hans Seeger
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My introduction to Christian Science...
Elizabeth Pratt Rice
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Because I was deeply religious...
Beatrice I. Gould
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It is with deep gratitude to God...
Alice Aston
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I shall be ever grateful to God...
Catherine M. Meinhard
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At one time I had an external...
Harold King
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My sister presented Christian Science...
Nellie F. Lehman
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When I was a child, the whole...
May Beck
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Beyond the frail premises of...
Joan Watson De Muth
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Charles L. Allen, James DeForest Murch