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Life in the making: 335 total pages.

the Heavenly Father. The child's need to know about the heavenly Father is as urgent now as it was during the earlier years. His capacity to know God has increased as his world has enlarged and his experience has broadened. The simple stories of the Father's care which related God to the things and persons of the little child's world should now be followed by similar stories that will deepen his sense of dependence and broaden and strengthen his thought of God's love and care. How should these stories differ, if at all, from those told to Beginners? Will it not be well again to lead the child to think of his simple daily needs, such as those for water and food, reminding him that these needs are supplied by the heavenly Father? In what other ways can his thought of God be enriched? Can the thought of God's love and care be used to overcome the fears to which children of this age are peculiarly subject? How can the power of God to give protective care be made real to the child, and his fears thus overcome? The protection given by parents, by friends older than himself, and

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