One does not have to be a student of Christian Science very long before he learns that the brain is not the source of his intelligence. The understanding of God as divine Mind, or infinite intelligence, and of man as the expression of this intelligence appealed to me greatly when I first became acquainted with this Science, and I rejoiced in the opportunities to demonstrate what I knew of it.
I desired to have steady employment with the Federal Government. For some time no announcements of positions appeared for which I could qualify, as they all required more education than I had received. Finally one appeared which substituted experience for education, and I qualified to write the civil service examination for civil engineering draftsman.
On the day of the examination I was confident of my ability to demonstrate what I knew of the intelligence of divine Mind. There was only one question, a long one requiring the plotting of a tract of land to a specified scale on a specified size of tracing cloth. The various bearings and distances of the traverse were given as they would be in a surveyor's field notebook. I read the question thoroughly and began plotting, using the scale of inches as directed. I soon discovered that the traverse plotted off the edge of the tracing cloth. Reading the call to the examination again, I noted that the dimensions of the tracing cloth were the same as stated in the problem and that my tracing cloth conformed to those dimensions. I checked and rechecked everything but could not find the error, and I become baffled and confused. However, I kept declaring the omniscience of divine Mind and of man as the expression of that Mind. When questioned, the examiner was unable to clarify the question. Time was running short. Inability to answer this one question meant complete failure.
