There are only three short paragraphs on the Sunday school in the Church Manual by Mary Baker Eddy, but these are all-sufficing, and the rules set forth therein, when studied, are found to be complete, and provide the guidance necessary for giving the pupils a demonstrable knowledge of Christian Science.
Through the study of the article "Exemplification" in "Retrospection and Introspection" by Mary Baker Eddy, the teacher in the Christian Science Sunday School may gain inspiration, humility, and teachableness, qualities which must be embodied in his thinking and expressed by word and action, if he wishes to have loving response and attention from the pupils.
In thinking of his privilege, purpose, and opportunity as a teacher in the Christian Science Sunday School, one is sure to be inspired by such passages as that on page 165 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," where Mrs.
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her definition of "children" on page 582 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy identifies them as "the spiritual thoughts and representatives of Life, Truth, and Love.
The teacher of a class of twelve-year-old girls worked out a problem which involved ignorance, frivolity, indifference, and frequent periods of absence from class.
