Article March 11, 1939 Issue

Good Judgment

EUNICE W. HEDLER

THE world voices often the prayer of Solomon for understanding. That prayer has come down to us through the ages as a supremely right desire. Untold good accompanies the attainment of understanding. Though interest centers in this word, the whole simple and humble prayer is worthy of our grateful study. When we make its spirit and object ours, we shall have traveled far toward receiving the answer to this desire.

Let us examine some of its striking phrases: "And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king . . . and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in." Here Solomon, the king, ignores the worldly prestige that has fallen to him, and turns to God, as the Master teaches we must, like "a little child" and as the servant of God.

Those of us who receive education in schools and universities need definitely to realize that, in spite of such learning, we do not know "how to go out or come in" without God's guidance. should the illusive experience of loss, accident, sickness, present itself to us, academic education would find itself helpless. But the guidance and protection of God are at hand for each one of us. And Wednesday evening testimony meetings in Christian Science churches throughout the world bear witness that He saves and heals those who turn to Him as "a little child."

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