Dear Friends, Mrs. Eddy wrote to Janette Weller:
"Do you find any difficulty in healing? If so, strike for the higher sense of the nothingness of matter. Do not care to search into causation there for there is no cause and no effect in matter; all is Mind, perfect and eternal."
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Here is something I've used in my classes to explain the concept of matter and all of its terms to young people. It is based on the definition of matter in Science and Health. The word 'matter' is mentioned in Science and Health 736 times which means it is a hugely important concept to understand.
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Here is some research for the main stories in this week's Lesson.
Research on Daniel and Lion's Den
Mrs. Eddy had the pictures of Daniel by Riviere in her home. Below is some research relating to that and also a website where you can see the paintings.
Research on the picture in Mrs. Eddy's home: "Daniel's Answer to the King"
URL address to Riviere's paintings of Daniel
Article on "Daniel" by Frederick Dixon, Christian Science Sentinel, November 27, 1920. (see link below)
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In JSH online, type in "moral courage." There are numerous articles on that subject. One that I like is: "Moral Courage, -- 'king of the mental realm,'" by Jeanne Steely Laitner, Christian Science Sentinel, January 2, 1984.
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Research on: sharp threshing floor (in section one: Is. 41:11, 15, 16)
Research on Jesus walking on the water
II Kings 20: Healing of Hezekiah
Hezekiah's engineers built a water tunnel to save Jerusalem during the siege of Assyria. Click on the link below to read more about "Hezekiah's Tunnel." It is one of the most popular tourist sites that one can go to when on a tour of Israel. You can walk through it, stepping in the cold water of the Gihon Spring for about three-quarters of a mile. It is approximately two feet wide in places.
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Ideas for teaching the Bible to young children at home and Sunday School. This week's emphasis is on "Daniel and the Lion's Den."
Lion Puppet Activity directions for preschool
Biblefunforkids.com has a huge section on "Daniel" stories. The link is http://www.biblefunforkids.com/2014/05/daniel-writing-on-wall-lions-den.html
Here are some of the pictures they have to make a poster of Daniel in the lion's den. Debbie Jackson is giving them to you for free, but she asks that you go to her website to download them. I am putting the link here just to show you some of what she has. Daniel lion's den and lions
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Questions to ponder with children about the Daniel story
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Lyrics to song: Dare to Be a Daniel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjAkGX1ab80
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Go to Amazon.com and type in "Daniel books for children" and numerous inexpensive books will come up. For example:
Hope these ideas are helpful!
Kathy
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