Article May 17, 1941 Issue

Reflected Intelligence

[Written Especially for Young People]

GLADYS D. PFANNENMILLER

How often do young people, in school or in college, dread taking examinations instead of realizing that they provide opportunities for proving the truth of Christian Science! Our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, tells us that God is infinite Mind, and that man is His reflection. If Mind is infinite, ever present, filling all space, man can never for an instant be separated from intelligence.

God and man coexist. Divine Mind is forever expressed. Moses discerned this fact in some measure or he could not have led the children of Israel out of Egypt. When chosen by God for this great work, he said humbly, "Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?" The answer came, "Certainly I will be with thee." When Moses doubted his own ability to speak to the children of Israel, we read that "the Lord said unto him. Who hath made man's mouth? . . . have not I the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say." One young Scientist was enabled to pass an oral examination fearlessly and joyously by remembering this last quotation.

At another time this student was helped with a written examination by trusting God to open the way for her. On the test papers were five topics for discussion. When she first read these topics, she became fearful, as the fourth question was one she could not answer. For a moment she felt helpless. Instantly she declared: "I am not going to be disturbed over this. I shall start at the beginning, and when I reach the fourth question I shall know what to do. God will make it clear to me." Very shortly the instructor announced that he was adding another topic to the examination sheet, and that the students might choose five out of the six questions, omitting any one they chose. The Christian Scientist felt quite familiar with the topic that was added, and could therefore submit a creditable paper.

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