IT is truly said that a stream can rise no higher than its source, and it is equally true that human character does not rise higher than the source from which humanity draws inspiration. If character has no surer foundation than uncertain, changing human opinions of right and wrong, it is like a house built upon the sand, whose destruction is certain under stress of storm and flood.
The immutable, eternal law of God is the only law, and by it the relations of man to man must be governed. Character in which divine Love is reflected, in which goodness abounds, is man's birthright, and must be humanity's ideal. How essential is it, then, that humanity should understand that this manifestation of goodness, whose Principle is infinite Love, is the ideal for which it should strive in every department of its affairs, and that this ideal is within reach of every man.
The life and works of Jesus revealed a standard of character, that, before his advent, was incomprehensible and unattainable. Christian Science, to-day, reiterates and emphasizes his teachings, and declares that they offer the only way by which mankind can be lifted above its false and unprofitable standards, by which men can claim and enjoy their birthright.
