A CHILD'S TRUST

[Of Special Interest to Children]

WINIFRED D. TAYLOR

Roderick is a boy of seven years. One day he was asked by his mother if he would like to be helpful by going to the dairy to do some shopping for her. Roderick was delighted to do this and so set off gaily along the road to the shop with his basket and the money in his blazer pocket.

Presently he returned with his purchases and the change, but when his mother counted the money she discovered that some was missing. She called Roderick to her side and asked him if he had lost any. He replied, "No, Mummy, I don't think so; I put the change in my pocket with my handkerchief over it so it couldn't jump out as I was running home." Mother suggested that he should go back to the dairy and ask the assistant if an error had been made in giving him the change. Tears began to fall as Roderick said he could not remember to say so much.

But Granny, who is a student of Christian Science, was visiting them that day, and she remembered that Mary Baker Eddy says in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," that God is Mind; and Mind tells us what to do. Granny asked if she might write a note for Roderick to take to the shop and so make it easier for him. Again he set off and gave the note to the assistant, who after reading it said, "No, Sonny, there was no mistake; I gave you the right change."

Now Roderick attends a Christian Science Sunday School and loves to learn all about God as his Father-Mother, to whom he can talk in every need. He also knows about the twenty-third Psalm, which starts with the words, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." So after closing the shop door, Roderick said to himself, "If I have lost Mummy's money, I know God will help me," and he no longer felt fearful. After crossing the very busy street where he had crossed before, he noticed a large leaf that had fallen from a tree by the wayside. It was being blown along in the gutter by the wind. Roderick walked beside the leaf; then it suddenly stopped, and as he stooped to find out the reason, there to his great delight, underneath the leaf, was Mummy's silver coin.

Roderick at once remembered that he had placed himself in the arms of divine Love, and he said, "Oh, God is good; God is Love and God is Spirit. Amen!"

That evening, when Granny was bathing him before putting him to bed, Roderick could not forget God's love for His little ones, and he told her what he had said. He added that he had put "Amen" at the end because that was the finish, meaning of course that his demonstration was complete. Our dear Leader says in her book "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 10), "The good cannot lose their God, their help in times of trouble."

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