Reflecting Divine Intelligence

MARY H. CUMMINS

It would probably be difficult to estimate the number of students to whom some understanding of God as the source of divine intelligence, and of man as reflecting this intelligence, has been of untold help when facing school or college examinations. Without this understanding, anxiety and fear may possibly so becloud one's thought as to render it impossible for one to use to the best advantage the knowledge one has gained. Under these circumstances the steadying influence which comes with the realization that divine intelligence is ever available is incalculable. At such a time, as in every time of need, our God is found to be "a very present help."

This fact was proved on one occasion by a music student who was called upon, almost at a moment's notice, to take the place of one of the soloists in a large city church. Upon arrival at the edifice for a short rehearsal prior to the service, she was somewhat dismayed to find that all the music was new to her, and one selection in particular very difficult. Her perturbation was not lessened by the evident concern of the choir director at seeing a stranger appear at the eleventh hour, or by a sotto voce remark overheard as to the difficulties ahead of her.

She had been studying Christian Science only a comparatively short while, but was already deeply interested in the truth it revealed; and as she stood in the choir loft, endeavoring to overcome a sense of panic, it suddenly occurred to her that the notes of music on a sheet of paper which her trembling fingers held, was not the music itself. She saw that the real music must be a divine idea of the Mind from which it emanated, and that man reflected this Mind. With that thought it was as if scales had dropped from her eyes. All sense of panic left her; and the page, which a moment before had seemed so involved and incomprehensible, now appeared quite simple. She went through her part in a way which won for her the highest commendation from her associates, including the relieved choir director, all of whom found it difficult to believe that she had never seen the music before. Entire reliance upon divine intelligence had so clarified her thought as to enable her to utilize what she had learned of music at her highest point of efficiency.

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