Article November 16, 1974 Issue

She Told the Whole Class

Julia Colvin

What do you answer when a classmate asks you how Christian Science prayer can keep a body healthy?

Last year, when ten-year-old Julia Colvin was asked to give an oral report on the body for a science project, she decided to explain this to the whole of her fifth grade class. There were questions from her fellow students afterward—interested. intelligent questions. And her teacher graded her report, "Excellent—your report was extremely interesting and informative." Here substantially is what Julia told the class.

Webster's dictionary says that a body is "a human being: person." Since I am a Christian Scientist, I think of a person as spiritual.

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