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A College Student Writes
God's Work and Mine at Exam Time
A short while ago I was faced with the prospect of taking the preliminary doctoral exams before the date I had mentally scheduled.
My past experience had shown that a person who trusts God as the only intelligence and his own God-given power of expressing this intelligence can pass the most difficult human tests. Mrs. Eddy states: "Mind is not necessarily dependent upon educational processes. It possesses of itself all beauty and poetry, and the power of expressing them." Science and Health, p. 89; As God's child, man participates fully in this effortless expression of intelligence. The Bible shows many individuals demonstrating their God-given wisdom. But no Biblical character ever won his wisdom gratuitously; it was always gamed through a deep desire to wait on God with diligence, persistence, and patience.
In preparing for this examination, I realized that it would be foolish to sit back and expect God to take the human footsteps for me. The hymn states,
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January 4, 1969 issue
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Triumphant Peace
MARY WELLINGTON GALE
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No Retirement from Coexistence
COLIN C. CAMPBELL
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Resplendent Being
HELEN F. WELCH
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NEITHER BEAR FALSE WITNESS
Ruth Rosborough Larocca
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We Can See Clearly—Near or Far
RUPERT PROHME
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Relying Radically on Truth
KATHLEEN O'CONNOR
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Lucy Finds a Refuge
BARBARA JUERGENS FOX
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God's Work and Mine at Exam Time
ROGER VAUGHAN BEVAN
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Dispelling Mental Darkness
William Milford Correll
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Happiness—Genuine and Spurious
Alan A. Aylwin
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Christian Science was presented to me a little more than forty-six...
Florence C. Rich with contributions from Calvin G. Rich
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Many and diverse are the benefits I have experienced through...
May Angus Gordon Ritchie with contributions from Douglas Ritchie
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Christian Science has been my constant companion for twenty...
Joan R. Ripley with contributions from John E. Ripley
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RADIO PROGRAM NO. 352 - Meeting the Challenge of Loneliness
Robert McKinnon with contributions from Jack Krieger
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Jack Burton