Article March 28, 1925 Issue

Time to Study

UNA B. WILLARD

A certain college in the South had for its motto, "Get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding." As a method of attaining this ennobling ideal, students not only were brought into association with the world's truth-seekers through books, but were shown how to use advantageously the time outside of recitation and study hours. "Get knowledge, review, drill, and reflect," was an admonition heard daily in the classroom and from the platform.

There is much to be said for such a method of study in gaining a knowledge of God. A busy individual may not have unlimited time in which to "get knowledge," but there is always an abundance of time in which to "review, drill, and reflect." Crowded street cars, busy offices, household duties, all furnish endless opportunities for right contemplation, analysis, and drill. The busiest life is filled with invaluable moments in which to consider the truths of God. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 468) Mrs. Eddy says, "All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation;" and Paul admonishes us in his second letter to the Corinthians to "look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."

This looking for the unseen is not so mystifying as might at first appear. One recognizes instantly that it is the invisible qualities of love, joy, freedom, and trust reflected that make a child attractive; that it is the selflessness, intelligence, honor, courage, patriotism, and exalted justice that kindle our admiration for the true statesman; that it is the peace, calm, fidelity, confidence, reliablity, and love reflected in the home that send its members forth each morning with courage, high purpose, and inspiration. Who has not seen anger lessen and fade away in the presence of dignified kindness? Who has not known of instances in which a high sense of justice and the courage of right conviction have utterly thwarted the brazen braggadocio of wrong intent?

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