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live, and taking our place by his side, both aid him to perceive the religious meanings of the things which he sees and knows, and meet the spiritual needs defined for us by his nature, his capacities, and his limitations.
Stories of the Heavenly Father. Recall the fact that to the little child his family relationships are most real. He is himself the center of his world,
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but his right hand rests in the hand of his mother and his left hand in the band of his father. If God is pictured to him as the loving heavenly Father, who cares for him' even as his parents, who provides food for him to eat and water for him to drink, who supplies clothing for him to wear, who made the beautiful world and all the things in it that he knows, the heart of the little child will go out in love and trust to him. It is to be realised that to some little children the parental concept is not all that is to be desired. "Does God come home drunk on Saturday night like my father?" asked a Be-ginner of his teacher. Because of this the
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