Article November 1, 1958 Issue

"THEN ARE THE CHILDREN FREE"

HAROLD TAYLOR WEEKS

A Student of Christian Science paused at a carnival entrance to read the sign, Children Accompanied by Parents Admitted Free. "So many things are free to little children," mused the Scientist. Then the thoughts arose: Are we not all children of the Father-Mother God, hence loved and cared for in every way? Does not God lovingly provide whatever His children need?

Christ Jesus emphasized this divine relationship and illustrated its healing power in an incident recorded in Matthew's Gospel. In the seventeenth chapter we read of Peter's encounter with the tribute collectors and of their question to him, "Doth not your master pay tribute?"

When Peter came into the house, the Master said to him, "What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?" The account continues: "Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free."

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