Article August 6, 1938 Issue

Choosing Sides

[Written Especially for Children]

HELEN DREGGE TRIPP

David wanted very much to tell his new little friend all about Christian Science, but he remembered that his mother had told him not to talk about it to those not ready to listen.

He talked this over with her that night, however, and they decided that the best way to show his friends what Christian Science really is, would be to express Love in his play. So he and his little sister resolved that they would watch their thoughts and make sure that error did not put temptation in their way, cause unpleasant arguments, and so stop their good times.

The next day, David's mother saw the children playing in the back yard with swords which they had made from branches of trees. They were playing war! She called David and his sister Mary into the house and asked them why they had chosen to play war when Christian Science had taught them to love, and they were trying to practice it. David said, "But, mother, Bobby wouldn't play with me unless I played war, and I want to play with him." Mother thought this over quietly for a few minutes and then said, "David, if you had to choose sides for a game, whom would you decide to choose if you were the captain?" David answered at once, 'Why the strongest and fastest one, of course." "Why?" asked mother. "Because he would help us win the game," said David.

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