Chapter VIII - Footsteps Of Truth
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A little girl, who had occasionally listened to my ex-
A little girl, who had occasionally listened to my ex-
planations, badly wounded her finger. She seemed not
to notice it. On being questioned about it she answered
ingenuously, "There is no sensation in matter." Bound-
ing off with laughing eyes, she presently added, "Mamma,
my finger is not a bit sore."
Soil and seed
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It might have been months or years before her parents
It might have been months or years before her parents
would have laid aside their drugs, or reached the mental
height their little daughter so naturally at-
tained. The more stubborn beliefs and theo-
ries of parents often choke the good seed in the minds of
themselves and their offspring. Superstition, like "the
fowls of the air," snatches away the good seed before it
has sprouted.
Teaching children
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Children should be taught the Truth-cure, Christian
Children should be taught the Truth-cure, Christian
Science, among their first lessons, and kept from discuss-
ing or entertaining theories or thoughts about
sickness. To prevent the experience of error
and its sufferings, keep out of the minds of your children
either sinful or diseased thoughts. The latter should
be excluded on the same principle as the former. This
makes Christian Science early available.
Deluded invalids
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Some invalids are unwilling to know the facts or to
Some invalids are unwilling to know the facts or to
hear about the fallacy of matter and its supposed laws.
They devote themselves a little longer to their
material gods, cling to a belief in the life and
intelligence of matter, and expect this error to do more
for them than they are willing to admit the only living and
true God can do. Impatient at your explanation, unwill-
ing to investigate the Science of Mind which would rid
them of their complaints, they hug false beliefs and suffer
the delusive consequences.