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spiritual law fulfilling it's function to
produce an intelligently ordered Gre
alton and man, with each individual
ity able to fill his place and receive
Justly therefor.
The Law Of Kindness
A consciousness that is loving Gods
law Is habitually kind. IF love for
God and His law fills our thought the
force Of love predominates in our
lives. Love-" says Paul, '1s the full
filing Of the law" OF q righteous
woman the Bible saith, I'm her
tongue is the law Of kindness"
David was lover Of God and His
law, and in David's heart was very
real sense of the law Of kindness. Do
you remember how, when Saul be-
came distrustful of David and sought
his life with small army, he came
one day to cave and stayed there?
Unknown to Saul, David and his men
were hiding in the cave. It would
have been easy for David to slay
Saul and become king, but he refused
to do so. He only cut off the skirt of
Saul's robe while he slept to show
that though Saul was in his power
he obeyed the law of kindness and
did him no harm. When confronted
with this evidence of David's kind
ness toward him, Saul said: Thou
art more righteous than I: for thou
hast rewarded me good, whereas I
have rewarded thee evil Where
fore the Lord reward thee good
for that thou hast done unto me
this day."
The law Of kindness was govern
ing David's thinking. The healing
force Of love and good will he gave
right Of way. It thwarted any de-
structive force called anger or re-
sentiment. Said Solomon, "He that
Is slow to anger Is better than the
mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit
than he that taketh a city" The
forces of kindness, good will, charity
are always so near, so potent. Why
not use them? Says the poet Chris
tian Science Hymnal, No. 178):
"Jesus knew the law of kindness,
Healing mind and heart Of blindness;
And In heavenly wisdom taught
Holy works Of love he wrought"
Man Is a Law to Himself
One of the most important facts
about law is that man is so made by
God that he can be law to himself.
By being law to ourself we mean
that, by realizing our selfhood ex-
presses only divine law, we can out
law from our experience all that op-
poses this law. Christ Jesus is the
clearest example Of this important
fact. He showed that mans real in
dividuality exists independent Of the
whole structure of material force,
mortal opinion, and physical laws,
subject only to the higher law of Life
and Love. He proved that each in
dividual is made divinely independ-
ent of any and all influence, forces,
and laws except the law of God.
Jesus did not wait for the crowd. He
went forward alone. So must we.
He perceived what God really is, the
only real intelligence, or Mind. He
saw that man exists to be the eternal
expression of this Mind. With the
power and force of Gods law-laden
ideas. ne lifted himself out Of earth's
nell INTO Loves S heaven.
. Jesus complete independence of
mortal opinion was nothing short of
amazing. What mortals thought or
didn't think nattered not to him. He
had his work to do, and he did it.
That work wsS to fulfill the law of
God, to prove there is force avail
able to men which will lift them up
and out Of the sitting, nauseating
atmosphere of materialsm into what
Mrs. Eddy has termed "a fresh uni
verse" Retrospection and Introspec-
tion, D. 30, where God, His law, His
man, are found intact, and health,
peace, good viii are the normal
conditions Of being.
Christian Science Treatment In Law
A Christian Science treatment is
the activity OF Gods law. It declares
what law establishes and enforces a.
eternally true In regard to God and
man-that man is really spiritual,
perfect, the individual likeness Of
tho Mind which is God and therefore
harmonious, healthy, joyous. With
the idea Of God aS the only real
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the expression Of God, His forces,
his laws, the Christian Scientist
denies the testimony Of matter, ma
terial forces, material laws. As o
representative Of divine law he de-
clAres that Gods law Is O Law Of an
Inhalation to every force and law that
makes for illness, discord, human
trouble. The Christian Scientist u
an active expounder Of divine law
and its application to the outlawing
Of evil In all its modes. Gods man Is
O law-thinking, law-knowing, law.
expressing man. and Christian Sci
ence treatment Is an enlightened
effort to know this. The whole hui
man race hopes for and works to
secure relief from sickness-good evi-
dence that men do not regard disease
as something God would have them
submit to. The difference comes as
to the method by which to get rid Of
It. Christian Science uses the laws
and forces Of the creator, just as
Jesus used them. Think you there is
q higher law or wiser way than that?
Jesus healed the centurion's serv-
ant without seeing the patient. He
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