Editorial June 5, 1965 Issue

Reaching Young People with Truth

Carl J. Welz

When I was in high school, we thought that we could prove anything by looking it up in a book. To us, if a reputable author said a thing was true, it was true. Today a high school student learns to ask where the author of the book got his information. We learned to "do" algebra. Today the student learns to understand algebra. It is no longer good enough to say that a certain process will solve an equation. Every step must be logically explained and proved and understood.

The new attitude of young people presents the Sunday School teacher and all others working to give Christian Science to the younger generation with a problem that must be solved. On the surface, the problem appears to be a lack of respect for authority. Actually, it is a sign of the changing thought of our time. Most of us grew up in the era when "the Bible tells me so" was all the authority we needed for any thing. Young people today want to know who said it, and how did he know?

When we were told that Mrs. Eddy said that something is true, we accepted it simply because we believed her to have the authority to make the statement. Young people today want to know why she said it how she knew, and whether it can he proved today.

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