Article August 19, 1950 Issue

A LITTLE BOY OVERCOMES FEAR

[Original article in German]

MARTHA HEIDRICH

Little John was the youngest child in the family. His brothers and sisters already went to school. They also went to the Christian Science Sunday School and enjoyed going.

John often accompanied them as far as the building where the Sunday School classes were held, and sometimes he went to meet them. But when his mother asked him if he wouldn't like to go to Sunday School, too, he very quickly said "No." After a moment's hesitation he said he would go if she went with him. But this his mother could not do, for only the pupils, the teachers, and the officers are allowed in the class.

Mother told John over and over again that although she could not go with him he need not be afraid, for his heavenly Father was always with him. And although his brothers and sisters would not be in the same class, they would be there too. But all this did not convince John; he still did not want to go to Sunday School. So for the time being he stayed at home.

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