It is sometimes said, cynically, that Christian Scientists set themselves on pedestals, as so many petty deities; but there is no fairness or propriety in such an aspersion.
Man is not equal with his Maker. That which is formed 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.
Man should be found, not claiming equality with Him, but growing into that attitude of Mind which was in Christ Jesus. He should comprehend, in Divine Science, a recognition of what the apostle meant, when he said: "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our Spirit, that we are the children of God; and if children, then heirs,—heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ."
