Article February 10, 1973 Issue

God's Law Rules the Courtroom

JOHN BRIAN BERRY

A schoolteacher was called upon to testify in court to the good character of one of his pupils who had become involved in a serious fight in a youth club. On the long train journey to the town where the trial was to be held, he studied very carefully that week's Lesson-Sermon from the Christian Science Quarterly. The subject was, "God." As he proceeded with his study, three statements stood out to him.

The first was from the Bible: "Ye are come...to God the Judge of all." ^{Heb. 12:22,23;} This made him see that he must think of himself as being called to speak before God, omnipotent, omniscient Mind, and His perfect child, or expression. He was not to try to impress a human mentality that could be swayed this way or that according to how well or how badly the facts were presented.

The second statement that helped the teacher was, "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" ^{Gen. 18:25;} He saw that this, when understood clearly and held to firmly, would help the judge to make decisions that would be the right ones and fair to all concerned.