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'Out of the mouth of babes'

The things kids say in — and about — the church

Published: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:12 a.m. MDT
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The Father's Day sacrament meeting program included the Primary children singing "I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home." All the children came to the stand and faced the audience except 6-year-old Allison, who was facing the opposite direction. The bishop whispered to Allison, asking her to turn around and face the audience with the rest of the children. Allison replied, "No, my teacher said we were singing this song to our fathers, and my father is over there at the organ."

Dale Brimley

Murray

When I was on a mission in Austria 45 years ago, I heard the most comprehensive prayer ever. A little 4-year old got up in primary and said, "Dear Heavenly Father, please bless us until we're all dead. Amen." Of course, this was spoken in German.

Tracy Wilson

Lehi

In a Primary sacrament program, a little girl was supposed to say, "I want to be good so I can live with Heavenly Father again." I whispered the words to her, and she said all but the "again." So I whispered "again," and she thought I meant to do the whole thing over. So she repeated her sentence, except the "again." I whispered "again," and she repeated the whole thing. By the third time, I stood near her and said "again" as she finished her part.

Judy B. Christensen

Salt Lake City

Somewhere along the gospel instruction line, my 5-year-old grandson, Ben, gained a very convenient understanding of the pre-existent world of spirits.

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One evening at the dinner table, Ben's mother insisted he eat the vegetables on his plate. His response was, "I don't have to because my vegetable compartment is full." When Mom continued to insist and asked what he meant by that, he replied, "Mom, you don't understand! Before I came to earth, my spirit and my body made a deal. My spirit said, 'I will eat all the vegetables here, and when you get to earth, you can eat all the desserts.' We asked Heavenly Father, and he said it was OK, so I don't have to eat any more vegetables."

Needless to say, Mom was rendered speechless — definitely food for thought. ...

Linda M. Olsen

Midway

My young grandson, not yet baptized, had been challenged, along with his Primary friends, to read the Book of Mormon at home from cover to cover. He accepted that challenge and had been reading it over a fairly long period of time.

One evening while reading in Mosiah, he was called to dinner. He put the book aside and walked to the dinner table in the kitchen. It was his turn to say the blessing on the food, and he began with the words, "And it came to pass."

Paul A. Christie

Sandy

One fast Sunday, we heard from three children who wanted to "bury their testimonies."

Dave Collingridge

Herriman

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