Editorial April 25, 1964 Issue

"An hiding place from the wind"

Ralph E. Wagers

The prophet Isaiah foresaw the time when righteousness would determine all human relationships. He declared in picturesque language (32:2), "A man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land." It has been said that when righteousness and judgment prevail, men will defend and protect their inferiors instead of oppressing and exploiting them.

Under the marginal heading "Society and intolerance," Mrs. Eddy writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" p. 238), "Society is a foolish juror, listening only to one side of the case." Then at the end of the paragraph she writes, "To reconstruct timid justice and place the fact above the falsehood, is the work of time."

When man's divine heritage as a child of God is more universally recognized, as it certainly will be, each individual will be accorded freedom to make the highest contribution to society of which he is capable. The goal of human progress is to overcome whatever would limit the opportunity and right of each individual to do this. To place unfair restrictions upon others or to allow such restrictions to remain is to invite comparable difficulties for oneself in some way. This is a rule which applies to human relationships—and it is no respecter of persons.

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