Article October 18, 1958 Issue

THE YOUNG CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST

[Of Special Interest to Young People]

DAVID R. SPAIN

We read in the Bible that when Jesus was a child of twelve, he was found "in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions" (Luke 2:46). In answer to his mother's questioning, he said, "Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?"

At an earlier time, Joseph, after he had been separated from parental guidance, rose from slavery to a position that permitted him not only to return good for evil to his brothers, but to save an entire nation from starvation. And when David was but a young man, he successfully demonstrated his God-given dominion by protecting his father's flock from a lion and a bear.

The young Christian Scientists of today should intelligently apply their understanding of God to meet the many challenging situations that confront them. These students need to claim and to exercise the divine authority of the Christ over every material belief. The right to utilize this authority is man's birthright as a child of God. Mary Baker Eddy states in "Unity of Good" (p. 11), "Jesus required neither cycles of time nor thought in order to mature fitness for perfection and its possibilities."

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