The keynote of the teaching in the Christian Science Sunday School is found in Jesus' words (John 6:45), "It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God." All who have had the privilege of teaching Sunday School classes have had the experience of finding ideas flowing to them with an inspiration that was not human, but divine. That we may always experience this inspiration, regardless of the size of the class or age of the pupils, we should begin confidently from the premise that Mind is the teacher and therefore as we claim and demonstrate our oneness, or unity, with the all-knowing Mind, our teaching is the very manifestation of omniscience. Maintaining this oneness with God is the responsibility of the Sunday School teacher.
A man of letters once stated, "I can only teach what I myself am."' How true this is of the Sunday School teacher! We cannot live in one atmosphere of thought and teach in another. We can only teach what we ourselves are embodying in consciousness. If we try to teach one thing and live something else, the children are not deceived for a moment. But with true humility we can strive daily to maintain the Christ-consciousness as our consciousness; that is, be conscious only of God and His likeness. As we find that man is the very expression of omniscience, the very effect of divine Mind's knowing, the teaching will unfold with new inspiration and bear joyous fruitage, for Mind is ever unfolding spiritual ideas. We shall discover that no questions are asked by the pupils and no situations arise for which Mind has not already supplied the answer.
It is important that the children understand that Mind, God, is omniscient, the source of all ideas. The understanding that all the knowing of infinite Mind is ever present enables them to meet the problems which come into their experience. The pupils thus learn to go direct to the all-knowing Mind for the answer to their problems rather than to a teacher or a person.
