EVERY navigator of the high seas uses a compass. Without a compass he could have no certainty of following his course or of reaching his port. A compass, because of its precision, enables a navigator to follow with perfect confidence the most direct route to his destination.
Likewise, every navigator of the sea of life rejoices when he discovers that Christian Science furnishes a compass, so that he need never drift aimlessly and fail to reach the port of heaven, the kingdom of God. This compass of the Christian Scientist is the Manual of The Mother Church. Mary Baker Eddy wisely and lovingly provides in it the Rules and By-Laws which, if obeyed, keep students of Christian Science true to the course of demonstration of Immanuel, "God with us."
Do we realize that Mrs. Eddy has provided over two hundred By-Laws in this Manual, which cover the essential points in Christian ethics and indicate the different ways in which we can live the Golden Rule? Do we appreciate that the thirty-one Rules or By-Laws under the heading of "Discipline" are our safeguards against the reefs and shallows of sense? How well Mrs. Eddy knew that the Manual is divine unfoldment! Obeying its letter and gaining its spirit, we are rewarded by divine guidance, protection, and other proofs of God's presence and power.
