Article September 5, 1977 Issue

Responding to God's Law of Perpetual Good

JEANETTE F. SUTTON

Established beliefs, or laws, pertaining to heredity, weather, food, environment, and so on—these are supposed to determine to a large extent the state of our health and well-being. But one who refuses to give validity to man-made laws and recognizes that he is completely governed by God's law of good, of health and harmony, cannot be affected by them. Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered and founded Christian Science, writes, "Every law of matter or the body, supposed to govern man, is rendered null and void by the law of Life, God." Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, pp. 380-381;

A student of Christian Science who was suffering from a painful foot ailment placed his complete reliance on this religion for healing. There was fear to be overcome, for his work required much walking and other activity.

When his own metaphysical treatment did not result in healing, he requested the aid of a Christian Science practitioner. The practitioner called his attention to a passage in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy that reads, "Let us banish sickness as an outlaw, and abide by the rule of perpetual harmony,—God's law." ibid., p. 381;

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