Article April 6, 1940 Issue

About Loving Our Neighbor

[Written Especially for Children]

DOROTHY DESMOND

JESUS once said to his friends: "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, . . . do good to them that hate you."

Now Jesus was a very practical, as well as loving teacher of Christianity. He never gave any rules which could not be lived up to, or which, if followed, would make one unhappy. Whatever he taught was sure to bring with it health, happiness, and success—if followed! We have so much proof of this that no one dreams of arguing about it. So if Jesus told his friends to love their enemies, he must have known that by doing this they would wake up to the beautiful fact that they had no enemies after all.

This was proved in one instance to John, a boy of ten years, who had been brought up from birth according to the teachings of Christian Science. He knew something of this rule, and usually loved to obey it. But one day he decided to do what some other boys in his room at school were doing, and instead of following the Christ-example, he tried to think what they thought. Among other things, they had decided to hate their school teacher. So John copied this, too. Presently he brought home many tales about his teacher—how cross she was, or unkind, or unjust; and how he wished he could go into another room at school!

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