The physical, mental, moral, and spiritual health of children is a subject of universal interest. Long before the birth of Jesus there was a saying in Palestine, "The world is only saved by the breath of the school-children." Today it is generally agreed that progress and even the survival of civilization depend on the proper development of youth. Aware of the importance of educating the young wisely, those concerned are developing many new techniques. Yet the percentage of disturbed and delinquent children is growing the world over.
Christian Science offers an unfailing solution to this problem. It is to identify the child with his spiritual origin and to evaluate his potentialities according to the qualities inherent in him because of his divine source. If we expect our children to show forth the mental, moral, and spiritual qualities we desire, we must realize that man's origin is not human but divine.
Christ Jesus, who was truly scientific in seeing the spiritual significance in all that appeared to the senses as the human experience, rejected the material appearing and accepted the spiritual cause of existence. In declaring, "I and my Father are one" (John 10:30), our Way-shower acknowledged no selfhood apart from God. When he assured his followers, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me. the works that I do shall he do also" (John 14: 12), he included in the glorious possibilities of spiritual development all who were willing to obey his rules.
