I am grateful for the spiritual help I received in my high school and college work through realizing that, as Christian Science reveals, intelligence originates in God, divine Mind, not in a material brain, and that it is equally available to all to claim and use. By applying the truth stated in Psalms (138:8), "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me," I was able to attain a perfect mark in a very important high school history test.
Later while I was in college an instructor of natural science told the class to forget the technical terms used in the textbook and to learn the simpler ones which he supplied. However, the first examination, which was to count for one third of each student's grade for the semester, was made up entirely of technical terms from the book.
My first impulse was to turn in my paper without answering a single question and walk out. But immediately I could see that such a procedure would not be in accord with the teaching of Christian Science. I reasoned that because I had conscientiously studied what I honestly believed the test would cover, I was, under the direction of divine Mind, entitled to recall and record the correct answers.
