Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-05-06
A LECTURE Science
Entitled THE RELIGION OF DIVINE LAW
 BY JACOB 5. SHIELDS. (. $. B.. Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
 in Boston. Mass.

delivered at the ShrlnerS' temple last evening by Jacob s. Shields of Chica go, was one of the most interesting and enlightening talks on that sub ject ever heard in this city
 The distinguished speaker held the close attention of his audience from the beginning, and though he talked for more than an hour, his listeners followed his remarks in, their entirety with marked interest
 Mayor Bloom lntrOduc'S Speaker.
 Mr. Shields was introduced by Mayor Simon Bloom, who said:
 Ladies and gentlemen: Just two years ago was given the pleasure of being invited by this church to come here and make few remarks. To- night, l feel so honored by this invi- tation that I have cut out all other matters of business connected with the school and track meet that l might come down and enjoy this lec ture myself.
 Therefore. I am not going to make a talk, knowing as 1 know. this lec- ture means to all of you, truth and contentment. l hope you are going to be entertained and enjoy as l have, the few lectures and books I have read since my first knowledge. I in- troduce to you, Jacob s. Shields"
 There is in all men, individually and collectively, an inherent, instinctive respect for the law. even human law, which at best is faulty. The purpose of our discourse is to present Chris tian Science to you as based upon divine law, the function through which Gods infinite good is opera tive in the universe and man.
 Law is synonymous with truth, order, justice, equity. Therefore to prove that Christian Science is based upon divine law we must prove that it is exact and right; that it pertains to system, perfect in it's operation; conforms to a proper standard, and violates no right; gives to every man his due, and above all is universal in it's adaptability.
 The Mosaic law, revealed to all men for all time from Mount Sinai, was the first exposition of the divine law which should govern man in his rela- tionship to God. as we'll as to his fel- bowman. From it spring all human laws and moral codes. The first Com mandment is supreme and all inclu- sive, in it's declaration of God. and it's warning against the recognition of any power or law as originating in anything that is physical or material. Thou shalt have no other gods be- fore me- is the origin and basis of all true religion. Upon it was founded the ancient confession of faith of the Jewish people:
 "Hear, o Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might"
 (Deut. vi 45)
 Christ Jesus taught this same law saying,
 "Think not that I am come to de- stroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill"
 (Matthew v., 17D
 It is written that when lawyer asked Of him,
 Master, which is the great com mandment in the law"
 Jesus answered, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart. and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
 "This is the first and great com mandment.
 And the second is like unto it.. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
 FIRST DEMAND OF SCIENCE
 Christian Science accepts the law in all it's completeness as expounded by both Moses and Christ Jesus. On page 467 of 'aScience and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (the Christian Science textbook. we read:
 "The. first demand of this Science is Thou shalt have no other gods be- fore me-. The second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as myself.
 And again, on page 9. we find:
 post thou love the Lord thy God with all thy heart. and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind?' This command includes much, even the sur render of all merely material sensa- tion. affection and worship. This Is the Fl Dorado of Christianity
 Resting under divine promise, confi- dent that God would provide for ana sustain them, the patriarchs, Abra- ham, Isaac and Jacob-as we'll as the later prophets-manifested the power of God. through faith; attained un- usual length of years. and through spiritual intuition imparted the Mes sianic prophecy, foreseeing the full filment of the promises in Christ Jesus. Jacob probably adhered most closely to the word of God. He it was who first discerned the basic rule of divine law that there must be a separation or division, in consci- ousness, of evil from good. He realized that man cannot serve two masters. Therefore he fought with the evil sug- gestions within himself not letting 20 the angel-the thought of Cod until he had won the struggle Then | 1t was that his name was changed from Jacob to Israel, which means "soldier of Cod
 OVERCOMING EVIL. The overcoming of evil thoughts re- suits in a divine state of conscious ness. It is this purified thought. O. consciousness, which is the promised seed to be blessed throughout the 0rxy on