Article November 29, 1958 Issue

THE PRAYER OF AFFIRMATION

HELEN OAKLEY ROCKHOLD

Many times children voice profound truths with complete simplicity. Their innate honesty enables them to see clearly the underlying truth in many situations and to state it with sincerity and clarity.

Two young girls were overheard talking after they came out of the Sunday School of a Church of Christ, Scientist. One of them had been brought up in Christian Science and accepted its teachings naturally and as a matter of fact. The other had just visited the Christian Science Sunday School for the first time.

With childlike receptivity she had glimpsed one of the basic truths of Christian Science. Turning to her friend, she said: "In our church, when we pray. we say, 'Please'; but in your church, when you pray, you say, 'Thank you.'"

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