Editorial March 14, 1959 Issue

IMPORTANCE OF OBEDIENCE TO LAW

Harold Molter

In human experience, laws call for obedience. If the individual fails to obey them, he exposes himself to the penalties which result. Either one obeys the law, or he disobeys it. There is no halfway obedience or disobedience; neither can one obey a little of the law or much of it. It is all or nothing.

One mistake in the process of solving a problem in arithmetic makes it impossible to obtain the correct answer without first finding and correcting the error. The omission of a little leaven in the process of baking a cake results in failure. The dropping of a stitch in weaving or knitting results in an imperfect garment. In the experience of the giant Goliath, who held the Israelites in terror, one point not protected by his armor made him an easy prey to the stone and the sling of the shepherd boy, David.

Christian Science calls for absolute obedience to the moral and spiritual law. The adherent of this Science must put on the whole armor of Truth, the undivided garment of Christ, and thus find himself completely under the protection of divine law. Why? Because only through loyal and willing obedience to the whole law, as set forth in Christian Science, can he receive the abundant fruitage of spiritual sustainment which harmonizes his human experience.

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