The Shining Light

M. E. B.

This learned I from the shadows of a tree
That to and fro did sway upon a wall:
That our shadow selves—our influence—may fall
Where we ourselves can never be.

There was a medal given at the graduation exercises held recently in the High School in one of our suburban towns. The medal was given by a prominent man in the town for the scholar who, in the opinion of the teachers, had exerted the most influence for good in the school. Their decision was kept secret till the night of the closing exercises, when it was awarded by unanimous vote to a young girl whose gentleness, courtesy, and good influence in the school were thus recognized.

This young girl is a Christian Scientist, and as I heard the above report of the matter, I remembered she was the only Scientist in that school, and I realized how closely and faithfully she must have clung to Principle in order to have worked out her problem so well. She won her reward in the recognition by others of the Principle of love which governed her actions.

Surely her influence for good has already gone beyong the schoolroom and will reach farther than she can know.

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