The reproach which Paul casts upon the Corinthians, that they "walk after the manner of men" (1 Cor. 3:3), means a good deal--certainly this much: that human standards of right are not good enough for the people who are partakers of the divine nature. We are not to walk as men, but like God--like Jesus who lived the life of God on earth. "What do ye more than others?" asked Jesus of his disciples. Now, really, what do we more? "Others" are benevolent and kind; are we more so? "Others" lend when they expect to receive as much again; do we go beyond that? "Others" love the lovely and lovable and hate the hateful and the disagreeable; do we do better? Sometimes it even happens that Christians do not do as well as those "others." Alas for the low, human standards by which the religion of Christ is misrepresented through its followers.

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