Article May 20, 1950 Issue

PUTTING GOD FIRST AT COLLEGE

DOUGLAS S. LEITERMAN

A College student was saying quietly but firmly to three classmates at a noon get-together, "Christian Science shouldn't take second place in our experience here at the university." All agreed that they needed Christian Science more now than ever before. They also wanted fellow students to witness the practical benefits of knowing God as an ever-present help. And before they broke off for afternoon lectures they laid plans to form a Christian Science Organization at the university, as provided for by Mary Baker Eddy in Article XXIII, Section 8, of the Manual of The Mother Church.

Each of the students had had a good grounding in the fundamentals of Christian Science, having attended the Christian Science Sunday School through high school and early college years. Some of them had proved their understanding of Christian Science during war service. As steps were taken to establish a Christian Science Organization, they endeavored to look only to the ever-present guidance of Principle to direct them aright. The organization grew in numbers and in service to the university, and its members were rewarded not only in accelerated understanding of Christian Science, but also in academic achievement.

Like these students, most Christian Scientists at college desire to hold fast to their knowledge that God, Principle, governs the only real universe and man in harmony, peace, and perfection. But often they encounter influences which threaten to upset their convictions and interrupt or retard their progress in Science. Studies claim much time, some professors challenge their faith in a Supreme Being, and fellow students sometimes loudly proclaim atheism and denounce Christianity as mere superstition.

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