these new-born children that filial obedience to which the [1] Decalogue points with promise of prosperity? Should not the loving warning, the far-seeing wisdom, the gentle entreaty, the stern rebuke have been heeded, in return for all that love which brooded tireless over their tender [5] years? for all that love that hath fed them with Truth,— even the bread that cometh down from heaven,—as the mother-bird tendeth her young in the rock-ribbed nest of the raven’s callow brood! And what of the hope of that parent whose children [10] rise up against her; when brother slays brother, and the strength of union grows weak with wickedness? The victim of mad ambition that saith, “This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours,” goes on to learn that he must at last [15] kill this evil in “self” in order to gain the kingdom of God. Envy, the great red dragon of this hour, would obscure the light of Science, take away a third part of the stars from the spiritual heavens, and cast them to the earth. [20] This is not Science. _Per contra_, it is the mortal mind sense—mental healing on a material basis—hurling its so-called healing at random, filling with hate its deluded victims, or resting in silly peace upon the laurels of headlong human will. “What shall, therefore, [25] the Lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.” [Page 255.] Little Gods 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: “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; [15] heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.” Advantage Of Mind-Healing It is sometimes asked, What are the advantages of your system of healing? I claim for healing by Christian Science the following [20] advantages:— _First:_ It does away with material medicine, and rec- ognizes the fact that the antidote for sickness, as well as for sin, may be found in God, the divine Mind. _Second:_ It is more effectual than drugs, and cures [25] where they fail, because it is this divine antidote, and metaphysics is above physics. [Page 256.]