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Little Ones Respond When Interested
[From a teacher in a branch church Sunday School]
Sometimes we find teachers who are reluctant to teach the younger children, and I was one of these. I had taught the older classes for many years, and when asked to take a class of three and four-year-old pupils I told the superintendent that I felt I could not do much with little children. She asked me to try.
The first two Sundays the children were noisy and wanted only to play "choo-choo" train. The third Sunday when they still wanted to play, I shut my eyes and prayed. One little one came to me and said, "I want to say, 'No odder gods for me.'" He still spoke baby talk, but his desire to be a part of the Sunday School gave me great encouragement.
The following week I did much metaphysical work about this situation, and the answer came quickly and clearly. To a three or four-year-old child, a train means going on trips and seeing things. How could I keep them interested and how could I be obedient and teach them the first lessons, which are defined in Section 3 of Article XX of the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy? It came to me that the history of the Ten Commandments would be very interesting to the children, and by my telling them the history, the words and the meaning of the Commandments could also be learned.
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February 16, 1957 issue
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LABELS
DEANE WHITTIER COLTON
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"ROCK AND FEATHERS"
DOROTHY R. SEXTON
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LIFE UNAFRAID
HELEN OAKLEY ROCKHOLD
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"WHEREWITH SHALL I COME BEFORE THE LORD...?"
Margery Todahl Blokhine
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"YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN"
NATHAN G. CHATTERTON
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TRUE GREATNESS
LUCILE O. THROCKMORTON
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TENDERNESS
Jessie Louise Salls
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"WHICH OF YOU CONVINCETH ME OF SIN?"
MARGET HEYDEBRUCH
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SAFE FROM THE STORM
ARVA M. KNOWLES
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THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST AS REFORMER
Harold Molter
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CLASS INSTRUCTION
Helen Wood Bauman
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RADIO PROGRAM No. 178 - The Importance of a Right Attitude
Thomas C. Coddington
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As a pupil in the Christian Science...
Helen D. Higbee
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In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"...
W. Glenn Curry
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Before taking up the study of...
Alma Marquard
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It is with a great sense of gratitude...
Theresa K. Schumacher
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"I am the Lord, and there is none...
Herbert Bror Granholm
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Periodically I have found it a...
Gloria J. Sowd
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"Behold, I send an Angel before...
Margaret E. Melvin
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After the many proofs I have had...
Marion Lenox Martin with contributions from Donald R. Martin
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from W. J. Davies, Harrison L. Ludwig