It is sometimes said, cynically, that Christian Scien-

tists set themselves on pedestals, as so many petty deities;

but there is no fairness or propriety in the aspersion.

Man is not equal to his Maker. That which is formed [5]

is not cause, but effect; and has no underived power.

But it is possible, and dutiful, to throw the weight of

thought and action on the side of right, and to be thus

lifted up.

Man should be found not claiming equality with, but [10]

growing into, that altitude of Mind which was in Christ

Jesus. He should comprehend, in divine Science, a

recognition of what the apostle meant when he said:

we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; [15]