Editorial July 3, 1965 Issue

The Basis of Humility

William Milford Correll

A true sense of humility is based upon the relation of God and man as cause and effect. When we realize that God is the only cause and that man is the effect of this great cause, then we keep our experience in proper alignment. This scientific relationship is vitally important to our health and well-being.

Jesus' deepest teachings were based upon this relationship. He was constantly aware of the fact that God is the only creative, animating power and that man functions as the effect, the outcome, of this divine Principle. This truth is expressed in such statements as this (John 5:19): "The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise."

Underlying these teachings is the fact that God, Spirit, is the only Mind, the only intelligence, and that matter has no life, no creative power, and no real effect. The spiritual universe and man portray the harmony, order, and rhythm which are the effects of the one universal divine Principle, or God. When we prayerfully acknowledge and worship this one and only God, then the effect of His harmonious control becomes increasingly apparent in our lives.

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