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In our last issue we endeavored to bring out somewhat the...

From the May 1894 issue of The Christian Science Journal


Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

In our last issue we endeavored to bring out somewhat the meaning of this first, great commandment. We stated that as a commandment it was directed against every kind of idol worship, including the worship of heathen gods of wood and stone, and endeavored to show its greater and deeper meaning both as a commandment against all forms of idolatry and a declaration of divine law. To aid us in seeing it as fundamental Truth, and as showing that all the commandments or declarations following it which go to make what is usually termed the Mosaic Decalogue, hinge upon and are derived from it, we will in a general way consider them seriatim.

The next commandment and declaration is:

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