Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10


law There can be no intelligent
existence without order, and to have
order there must be force, or law, to
establish, govern, and perpetuate the
order. Consider our earth suspended
In space. Job said, "He 1.-THE creative
intelligence1 hangeth the earth
upon nothing" But 1t Is certainly
very definitely hung in its place, ana
1t continues rolling on In It's law.
ordered orbit as do the nine trilion
other worlds which the astronomers
have thus far discovered. ALI hung
upon nothing" But really they are
not hung on nothing. Nothing can
not hold up something. They are
held In place by the almighty force
called law. II law force were Tor an
instant withdrawn, chaos would re.
suit. Says Mrs. Eddy Of these forces
(Science and Health. p. 12O, with
draw them, and creation must
collapse"
Learn Law by Loving Law
To know the power of Gods law we
must love it. We cannot really know
anything that Is worthy except as we
love 1t. If we wish to understand the
flowers or the birds we must have
truly affectional regard for them. If
our home, our friends, our work, our
play are to mean anything worth
while to us there must be sense OF
affection for these things that brings
them into our very lnnermoSC
thought and makes them a part or
us. So it is with law. Love for law
brings us into living, thinking unity
with law. "The infinite law of God,"
says Mrs. Eddy miscellaneous
Writings, p. 172), "is received
through the affections" We may re-
ceive gift with our hand, a message
with our ear, but we receive law
through the affections, through love
for and conscious concurrence with
the power Of Love that Is law. We
feel law only as we love 1t. Its vital
ity and potency grow in our con-
sciousneSs as we nurture law with
love. Let us say with the Psalm1st,
20 how love thy lawl It Is my medt.
tation all the day."
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Most people have strong aver.
sion to "going to law"-engaging In
a lawsuit. It often involves long de-
lay, animosity, uncertainty. Not 50
when we 60 to Gods law. It produces
no hard feeling, no delay, no un.
certainty. Really our need Is daily
and hourly to "go to law" to learn
Of, love, and constantly rely on
Gods law. Whatever your trouble
may be, "go to law"l-to Gods saw
ing, healing law.
Jesus was the worlds greatest stu.
dent and practitioner Of law. He was
always "going to law" "His delight
%. [was] In the law Of the Lord"
His whole human experience was de.
voted to loving, living, and demon
strating Gods law. And what did he
say about the way for us to find law?
This, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy mind" and
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thysef. On these two commandments
hang all the law and the proph-
ets." All true law is diScoverable in
the consciousness that is aglow with
love for God and His man. The only
way to find God, His man, His law,
is by understandingly loving them.
Doing that, we blend our thought
with the law of God which is ex-
pressed through and governs man.
The line of approach to law is more
affectional than intellectual. Goethe
has said, Love gives in moment
what labor cannot provide in an age"
We love divine law because it is
the indispensable power Of God
maintaining all life. Law is Life'S
force. Law does much for us. Law
supports us, governs us, and protects
us. Law Is force which is wholly
loving, kind, intelligent, and just.
The Psalmist saw this beautiful and
lovable aspect Of law when he said,
"Great peace have they which love
thy law: and nothing shall offend
them" And that is what is necee-
sary in order to learn Of basic law
deep love for and thoughtful nedi.
tation on God and His law, on Gods
forces Of life and love.
BY Law God Communicates
with Man