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As a Little Child
It is recorded in Matthew's gospel that Jesus, our great Way-shower, once said to his disciples, "Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." One meaning of this saying of our Master was made very clear to the writer through an experience which has proved so helpful to her that she would like to share it with others.
She was one of a party stopping at a hotel from the roof of which there is such an extended view that a look-off platform has been built. One day when on this platform she was joined by a number of people, among whom were a gentleman and his little daughter, a child of about eight years. The gentleman had the little one on his shoulder; and another member of the party, having previously approached the railing, said, "Oh, don't go near the edge, it scares you out there." In a minute the little one said, "Father, please walk right out to the edge." Her father did so, and the child sat calmly on his shoulder and looked about. Then she remarked, "Father, it doesn't scare me a bit up here." The gentleman made no reply; and in a second more she questioned, "Father, do you know why I am not scared up here?" Her father then asked "Why?" and she replied, "Because I know you will not let me fall;" and like a burst of song came to thought the words of Jesus quoted above.
July 1, 1922 issue
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Riding the Waves
LUCY HAYS REYNOLDS
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Work and Play
PAUL STARK SEELEY
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Receiving Thy Sight
VIOLET KER-SEYMER
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As a Little Child
ELIZABETH WARREN MULLER
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Now
WILLIAM FRYE WHITE
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Error Destroyed
METTA K. LEGLER JUNKIN
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Purity
CHARLES W. WRIGHT
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On October 31, 1921, in the United States House of Representatives,...
Clifford P. Smith,
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Pain seems very real to the physical sense of feeling, and...
Charles W. J. Tennant,
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I shall be grateful for the privilege of commenting upon...
Charles E. Heitman,
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An article which appeared in a recent issue of your paper...
Annie I. Rembert,
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Those who do not accept or test for themselves a system...
V. M. Blanche Stievenard,
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A report of a sermon on the subject of Christian Science...
Wm. T. Finney,
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The ministry of Christian Science is based on the omnipotence...
Elmer McBurney,
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On Possessing the Land
Albert F. Gilmore
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Communion
Ella W. Hoag
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Goodness
Duncan Sinclair
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The Lectures
with contributions from Pearl Ecker Hubbell, Peter E. Mackay, Sally C. Bright, E. M. Le Messurier, H. R. Colborne, Semmes Steele, Herbert S. Joslin, James F. Blankenship, W. H. Arkenburgh, Don A. Bogen
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I wish to relate an experience I had more than twenty...
Alexander MacKay with contributions from Hannah A. MacKay
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In writing this testimony for our periodicals, my thought ...
Clara E. McKenzie
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I wish to relate an experience which came to me about...
Henrietta Sanford
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I am truly grateful for the many blessings that have come...
Minerva Blakeney
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Jesus of Nazareth opened the way for all mankind when...
Leroy R. Whitmer
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Charles S. Medbury, Taft