At the beginning of the school year our little girl began to break out in a rash all over her body.
A medical nurse who had come to the house to care for a member of the family who is not a Christian Scientist saw our daughter and stated that she had symptoms of chicken pox and should be taken to the doctor as quickly as possible.
We telephoned a Christian Science practitioner to have help through prayer. I took Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, and with the help of the Concordance read everything pertaining to children. I stopped at several passages, in particular at the definition of the word "children" (p. 582): "The spiritual thoughts and representatives of Life, Truth, and Love." In this first sentence of the definition there was nothing about children to alarm—God's spiritual child is beyond harm.
