Article August 23, 1952 Issue

THE LESSON OF THE SWIMMING POOL

[Of Special Interest to Children]

KATHRYN PAULSON

Do you like to swim? Patty did, and many were the happy hours she spent in the beautiful pool in her garden. Her father had given her lessons in swimming and diving, and she was very obedient in doing what he told her to do. However, one of the best lessons she learned was not about swimming, but about the swimming pool!

In her class at school was a little girl who seemed to be unfriendly to everyone. She would not take part in games and was not happy or ready to answer questions in the classroom. The other children tried to be kind to her, but when she would not reply they began to be unloving toward her also. When Patty spoke of this at home her mother reminded her that as a Christian Scientist it was her duty to see that every kind of error is unreal and that is seen through love alone.

Patty argued that Marion just tried her best to make the girls dislike her. Mother was silent for a moment, waiting for God to give her the right answer. Then she reminded Patty that in Sunday School she had learned that she was to love and obey God and to love her brother men. Patty agreed that to be truly obedient she would have to be loving.

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