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The Girl and Her Religion by Margaret Slattery
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slumbering in her thoughts and appearing in her day dreams. The material
which is furnished her for thought creates her day dreams, what she sees
in her day dream _effects_ character, what she _does makes_ it.

It is for this reason that parents and teachers who are seriously
concerned with the problem of making a girl's religion a real and vital
thing seek ways and means by which she may be led to express both in
words and actions the thoughts and desires which their teaching has
awakened.

A successful teacher had been studying with her class for some weeks the
lessons founded upon "Unto the least of these, my brethren"--"A cup of
cold water even," "Ye have done it unto me," and kindred texts. She
taught well and the girls were thinking. Some attempted as individuals
to express what they thought. In the minds of most, the stories,
illustrations and facts slumbered. One Saturday three of the more
thoughtless girls were asked to accompany the teacher on a visit to a
children's hospital. They were much impressed by what they saw. The
convalescent ward proved of great interest and the babies fighting
for their lives against pneumonia brought tears to their eyes. On their
way home they expressed the wish that the class might make some of the
bonnets and gowns which the sweet-faced young nurse had said the
hospital needed so much for its baby patients. "Perhaps the other girls
will not be interested," said the teacher. Immediately the most
thoughtless girl in the class replied, "Oh, Miss D----, they cannot help
it. We will _tell_ them what we saw! We have been studying long enough
about what we ought to do. We haven't done a thing! At least--I
haven't--" she added.

[Illustration: HER HEART IS FILLED WITH A DEEP DESIRE TO SERVE]
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