Oftentimes one meets the gentle, trustful, lovable little girl who asks
her question and receiving the answer accepts it, never to doubt it
through all the years, never to ask the great universal questions again.
Sometimes it is because the answers were so wisely given, sometimes
because the depths of the girl's mental and spiritual life are never
touched. She has a comfortable faith, earnest, true, honest and sincere.
It does not embrace the world, nor is it deeply concerned with the great
problems with which the world wrestles. It is not necessary perhaps that
it should be. The girl is naturally religious, trustful and believing.
Her sweet, untroubled faith blesses the life of every day.
Those who are interested in the religion of girlhood and young womanhood
are filled with hope today as they listen to the answers which are being
given by wise mothers and teachers, to the great questions of the
universe. The answers leave room for a _growing_ religion which grows as
the girl grows.
A while ago my friend walked through the country fields with a little
six year old. My friend says she has left behind an "outgrown religion."
Her complacence and cynicism received a shock that afternoon. A lamb
which was the baby of the flock had been made a special pet by the
children and came immediately when the six year old called.
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