Article February 5, 1979 Issue

Roland and the policeman

Robert D. Stranathan

Roland and his brother have a skateboard, and they like to take turns lying on it, pushing themselves along. But one day Roland didn't feel like playing. His legs hurt, and he was very hot. Roland's mother was afraid, because she had never seen him so sick before. She told him to rest on his bed while she called a Christian Science practitioner on the phone.

Not long afterwards the doorbell rang. Roland heard his mother open the door, and soon a nice man came into Roland's room. His mother told him the man's name and said he was a Christian Science practitioner. Roland remembered what a Christian Science practitioner was—someone who healed people by praying for them.

After Roland's mother left the room, the man sat on the edge of the bed and asked Roland to close his eyes and listen for good thoughts from God. The man said he would close his eyes and listen to God too. He explained that Roland was God's child, and that God loved him. Therefore God wouldn't let him be sick.

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