Little Zilfa, aged eight years, sent fifty cents to the Children's fund for "Mother's room," and made the gift really her own, instead of mamma's, by denying herself candy for a required period of time. Was not that an excellent method, the denial of self, and the belief of sensuous pleasure? She loves to hear the Children's Department read. Will listen to the stories over and over again. When asked the question, found in the Journal, why Jesus healed better than any one else, she replied, "Because he was the first to demonstrate Science, and was taught directly of God."—
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Little Zilfa, aged eight years, sent fifty cents to the Children's...
From the August 1891 issue of The Christian Science Journal
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