237:1 A little girl, who had occasionally listened to my ex- planations, badly wounded her finger. She seemed not 237:3 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, 237:6 my finger is not a bit sore." Soil and seed It might have been months or years before her parents would have laid aside their drugs, or reached the mental 237:9 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 237:12 themselves and their offspring. Superstition, like "the fowls of the air," snatches away the good seed before it has sprouted. Teaching children 237:15 Children should be taught the Truth-cure, Christian Science, among their first lessons, and kept from discuss- ing or entertaining theories or thoughts about 237:18 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 237:21 be excluded on the same principle as the former. This makes Christian Science early available. Deluded invalids Some invalids are unwilling to know the facts or to 237:24 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 237:27 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- 237:30 ing to investigate the Science of Mind which would rid them of their complaints, they hug false beliefs and suffer the delusive consequences. Patient waiting 238:1 Motives and acts are not rightly valued before they are understood. It is well to wait till those whom you would 238:3 benefit are ready for the blessing, for Science is working changes in personal character as well as in the material universe. 238:6 To obey the Scriptural command, "Come out from among them, and be ye separate," is to incur society's frown; but this frown, more than flatteries, enables one 238:9 to be Christian. Losing her crucifix, the Roman Catholic girl said, "I have nothing left but Christ." "If God be for us, who can be against us?" Unimproved opportunities