Article July 28, 1945 Issue

Panoplied in Love

[Of Special Interest to Children]

ROSE AMRA FISHER

The morning was just meant for play out of doors. The sun was shining brightly, and Teddy's little green tricycle was waiting by the steps all ready for a good fast ride around the block. As the little boy finished putting his toys away so that his room would be in order before he went out to play, the telephone rang. When his mother answered it, the first words from the neighbor at the other end of the line were, "Don't let Teddy go out of the house!"

The voice sounded so disturbed that Teddy's mother called to him and said: "Wait a minute before you go out to play. I'll only be a minute." In the meantime, the neighbor had explained that there was a large swarm of bees buzzing angrily about their two houses, and that when she had gone out of doors, they had almost chased her right back into the house. Teddy's mother thanked her for calling, and then sat quietly for a minute before she turned to speak.

There he stood, hand on the doorknob, ready to run as soon as she gave the word. Any doubt in her mind as to whether or not it was safe for him to go outdoors vanished as the words of the Psalmist came to her thought (Ps. 121:8), "The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore." There was Teddy's permission to go out to play: the right to express joyous activity without the interference of any angry or fearful thoughts.

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