PRIOR to our knowledge of Christian Science, obedience may have seemed to be an irksome and unlovely duty, usually accompanied by the thought of being dominated and controlled by those stronger than ourselves. Often it meant carrying out the exacting wishes and desires of others and deprivation of our own freedom.
In the light of Truth, how joyous is the understanding of obedience as submission to the great law of God, good, with the resultant peace which silences the waywardness of human desires and wishes. Mrs. Eddy informs us, on page 156 of "Miscellaneous Writings," that above all else we need obedience to aid us in gaining the true understanding of "solid Christian Science."
Without obedience to law and rule the whole of human experience would be turmoil and confusion; and we can thus see the necessity of our first lessons in Christian Science being those of obedience. Are we not confronted every moment of the day with the necessity of heeding and obeying the voice of God, so that we may not be found listening to the insidious whisperings of error?
