Editorial September 15, 1951 ISSUE

STANDARD AND UNDERSTANDING

Robert Ellis Key

No one can work successfully without employing a standard. The grocer who weighs out a pound of vegetables for his customer uses as his standard a weight passed by the office of weights and measures. The linen draper measuring off a yard of cloth does so by means of a standard yard measure. An artist employs a model for his picture or turns to nature. We have a recognized standard for conduct, a commercial standard, a gold standard, and so on. Everywhere we find standards. Sometimes human standards are low, sometimes high; but all of them lack one essential quality—perfection.

Where is a perfect standard to be found, and if found, is it possible to maintain it? Turning to the fifth chapter of Matthew, we find a perfect standard given by Christ Jesus in these words: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." This standard is absolute. Jesus does not invite us to approach the standard of perfection; he commands us to be perfect.

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