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of peace being constructed by the
spiritually constructive reasoning
of alert thinkers. Said the prophet
lisa. 35:8), "And an highway shall
be there, and way, and it shall
be called The way of holiness"
Freedom Through Obedience to
Divine Law
In the Bible is found abundant
evidence of attainment of freedom
through obedience to divine law.
Think of Abraham! In obedience
to Gods command he went forth
to establish natio.l-and he knew
not whittier he went. Through his
obedience he opened the way of the
glorious freedom which attends
worship of one God, infinite Spirit.
Moses obeyed God, and led his
people out of bondage. Freedom
has come to men through the moral
code which the great lawgiver dis
cerned and wrote on tables of stone.
The three Hebrew boys furnish
heartening proof of the liberating
power of obedience to divine law.
Outwardly they were in bondage;
but their hearts were free. So con-
ident were they of the presence
and power of God and of His
Christ that they feared not the
fiery furnace. Two important
points in the incident of the He
brew boys in the furnace impress
the thoughtful. First, the possible
loss of their lives was of less i'm
portance to them than obedience to
the one God. Second, they were
not afraid of what might seem to
happen to them. Even if their un-
derstanding did not save them
from the furnace, they were con-
fdent that their God would not
forsake them.
The deIiverance of the captives
from the fiery furnace was a lesson
to the king, and it is valuable
lesson for us today. Trials of hu-
man experience may seem like a
furnace, and at times the furnace
may seem heated many times be-
yond theNaverage. But man cannot
be separated from divine Love.
The Christ, described in the narra-
tive as the dan. 3:25) form of
the fourth" and said to be like the
Son of God," is today operating in
human consciousness to heal and
to save, to separate the dross from
the gold. In the words of hymn
in the Christian Science Hymnal
(No. 1879,
''The fame shall not hurt thee;
only design
Thy dross to consume and thy gold
to refine"
Every type of human bondage,
whether of mind or of body, re-
spends to treatment in Christian
Science. A mistake in numbers
yields at once to the enlightened
effort of the mathematician. Both
chronic and acute enslaving and
limiting conditions yield to the op-
Grafton of truth expressed in stead
fast obedience to divine law. We
can Waken instantly out of beliefs
in sin, disease, and limitations. The
Christ is here, breaking all dreams
of the senses and lifting mankind
to higher and holier concepts of
life, substance, and intelligence.
Christ Jesus said John 1881, 32),
"If ye continue in my word, then
are ye my disciples indeed; and ye
shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free" Says Mrs.
Eddy (Science and Health, p. 227):
Discerning the rights of man, we
cannot fail to foresee the doom of
all oppression. Slavery is not the
legitimate state of man. God made
man free. Paul said, I was free
born All men should be free.
Where the Spirit of the Lord Is,
there is liberty Love and Truth
make free, but evil and error lead
into captivity.
christian Science raises the
standard of liberty and cries: Fol-
low me! Escape from the bondage
of sickness, sin, and death!' Jesus
marked out the way. Citizens OF
the world, accept the glorious lib-
erty of the children Of Cod and be
freeI This is your divine right"