“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51 : 10

“I am a little girl eight years old, and I want to tell you what I have done for God. … One day my brother Stuart and I were playing, and he took something of mine to look at and I began to whine, and mamma heard me and asked me not to do it—to try to demonstrate over it. She had asked me two or three times before, and I didn’t seem to do it, but I did this time, because I thought it wasn’t nice to fret and bother mamma, and I began treating myself. I said, “Error, you don’t exist, and you can’t make me whine and fret, for God governs me.” And mamma says that she hasn’t heard me whine and fret since. I am so glad that our dear Mother, Mrs. Eddy, is so good and kind to give us this beautiful Truth, that helps us to manifest God—Good.” Testimony from The Christian Science Sentinel, December 1, 1898 by Adelaide Chase, Boston, Mass.

I thought the little girl’s testimony fit so well with the assigned reading from the Roundtable, of which the excerpt below is from.

“… so our Maker has given us an accurate gauge to measure our oil of gladness. This gauge is your countenance. If you want to know exactly how much oil you have in consciousness just take a look at yourself in a mirror. Do you find a radiant, happy smile? Then you can be sure your oil is O.K. But if you find a frown of disappointment, some sadness or self-pity, if there is resentment or anger expressed, you had better do something about it, and immediately.” From No Big Power Veto — 1948 Association Address by Herbert E. Rieke