As one looks around on the evidence of poverty and misery, and learns of the heartaches of mortal existence, how one longs to help mankind generally! Individual instances requiring much help come to our notice, yet we realize that these individual instances are not separate from the general need of mankind to be lifted above persistent, depressing conditions, the great need of all humanity for a higher understanding of God.
The Psalmist says, "What is man, that thou art mindful of him?" And the prophet Ezekiel gives forth the inspired statement, "And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God," thus bringing to our concept of humanity a new understanding. Christian Science teaches that the nature of God is good, infinite, unchanging good, impartial and universal. No longer, then, can we regard helplessness, incurable disease, penury, crime, cruelty, and misery as any portion of our true inheritance.
"Ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men," is the assurance of spiritual understanding. This sets clearly before our thought the relationship existing between God and man—a relationship by means of which men are guided, guarded, and tended gently, unerringly, and satisfyingly by the Good Shepherd, who leads them not into experiences of sickness, but into the realization of harmony, peace, and abundance.
