Article August 21, 1937 Issue

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HANNAH T. CARPENTER

Sometimes a simple experience helps one to realize a profound truth. As the writer was thinking about protection, she recalled the time when she was caught in the rain while gathering wood for a picnic fire. One of her companions quickly made a little shelter which completely protected them from the rain.

From earliest times, men have tried to provide protection for themselves, shelters from weather and intruders, but never has the effort been perfectly successful. Like the little shack which was so quickly erected to protect the picnickers, these shelters are temporary. Even the most elaborate dwelling of today cannot be said to provide permanent or perpetual protection.

In the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has shown us the solution to the problem of protection. She writes (p. 58), "Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, though not the boundary, of the affections." To most of us the word "boundary" has a pleasing sound. We build walls about our grounds, and feel secure. We put special locks on our windows and doors to guard our valuables, and try to feel at ease. We attempt to keep our children from unpleasant experiences by surrounding them with watchful care, and by interesting them in useful occupations.

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