Article March 12, 1938 Issue

Examinations as Opportunities

[Written Especially for Young People]

CHARLES PERRY SCHAFER

On the mental horizon of many young students of Christian Science, school examinations seem to loom dark and foreboding. They are considered to be testing times, and so they are. But in a larger sense they constitute opportunities for the Christian Scientist which should be welcomed. Examinations provide a means by which the conscientious student may demonstrate his mastery of the lessons which have been assigned him, and an opportunity to prove man's oneness with divine Mind—a glorious opportunity for which the alert student is thankful.

The young Christian Scientist must not in any way understimate the importance and value of his schoolwork. Nevertheless he should subordinate it to the all-important spiritual development, accepting every opportunity to prove man's relationship to divine Mind. This will bring him great blessings, and guide him in the correct answering of questions in his schoolwork.

We read in the Scriptures, "Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established." No difficult task is here required. To commit our "works unto the Lord" is to realize that the only source of intelligence is Mind, and that from this source only right ideas emanate. They are perfect and complete. There is no truth unknown to infinite Mind, because Mind is omniscient. Hence, there can be no truth unknown to God's perfect image, man. It is as impossible for spiritual man to know doubt, fear, ignorance, or confusion as it is for God to know them. Because man's true being is inseparable from God, divine Mind, it necessarily follows that there is no real power or influence which can hinder or distort his conscious, constant expression of the wisdom of the ever-present Father.

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