Article September 16, 1939 Issue

Taking Examinations

[Written Especially for Young People]

EMIL BARTHES

When preparations are being made for examinations and the presentation of reports, as the school term draws to a close, some young student may find himself listening to the suggestion of error trying to convince him that he is not sufficiently prepared, or that he lacks the courage and ability to express himself.

In the second chapter of Luke's Gospel we are told that Jesus, then a boy of twelve, had gone to Jerusalem with his parents, and had quietly remained behind and entered the temple alone. Doubtless there were questions he wanted answered by the learned doctors. And, as the narrative tells us, Joseph and his mother found him there asking and answering questions of these men, who were considered the most highly educated in the law.

To be sure, Jesus had not been listening to false arguments about himself—quite the contrary. He knew that he expressed intelligence, and could both listen to and ask questions of such men as these. he knew that he was always prepared, and most of all he knew that, because of his oneness with God, he possessed the ability and courage to express the truth clearly and with conviction. In reply to Mary's inquity, he asked, "Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?"

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