To prove something we know, should be a joy. A construction engineer who knows well how to build a beautiful bridge or a fine building welcomes the opportunity to prove that he can do it. An artist is glad to be invited to express the art he has studied. Even a child likes to have a stranger ask him for directions to a street the child knows how to find. How joyous Christian Scientists should be to apply the spiritual law which they have studied, for by giving examples of the way this holy law operates they strengthen their own conviction and encourage all those who are faced with a similar demand.
In old-fashioned terminology arithmetic problems were called examples—examples to show the way the law of mathematics operates when obediently utilized. Pupils may memorize every rule in the arithmetic book without practical benefit; but when they solve problems by applying the rule, they understand it and have a firm conviction of its rightness.
When a student of Christian Science has had a season of special inspiration and clear, satisfying spiritual study, is he tempted to feel bewildered and imposed upon if sometimes he has difficulties to surmount afterwards? He will surely rejoice if he realizes that here is an opportunity to give an example of the truth and usefulness of all that he has studied. Instead of being discouraged he will be glad that he is so well prepared to meet the test victoriously.
