Article June 26, 1976 Issue

Nothing but Good

Priscilla W. Heffernan (written at age 8)

One night when my throat felt sore I hunted up my father. He put me to bed and said,

"Think good thoughts." I lay down and knew I was God's perfect child and knew that nothing could touch me but good. I went to sleep.

The next morning I got up and felt normal and knew I was perfectly healed! As Love's idea I really was perfect all the time.

A few days later I told my mom. She was flabbergasted. You see, when I had a sore throat before (which happened rather often), I usually stayed in bed a week. She said, "You're kidding! And you never even told me you had a problem?"

I said, "No, I'm not kidding. I really did it all by myself—with God's help, of course!"

I am very grateful to go to a Christian Science Sunday School. It teaches me how to heal myself. ... ... ...

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