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title: 'Charles Hodge reflects on his spiritual walk as a child'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2022-11-22
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2022-charles-hodge-reflects-on-his-spiritual-walk-as-a-child
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# Charles Hodge reflects on his spiritual walk as a child

“I think that in my childhood I came nearer to conforming to the apostle’s injunction: ‘Pray without ceasing,’ than in any other period of my life. As far back as I can remember, I had the habit of thanking God for everything I received, and asking him for everything I wanted. If I lost a book, or any of my playthings, I prayed that I might find it. I prayed walking along the streets, in school and out of school, whether playing or studying. I did not do this in obedience to any prescribed rule. It seemed natural. I thought of God as an everywhere-present Being, full of kindness and love, who would not be offended if children talked to him. I knew he cared for sparrows. I was as cheerful and happy as the birds, and acted as they did. There was little more in my prayers and praises than in the worship rendered by the fowls of the air.” — [A.A. Hodge](/authors/archibald-alexander-hodge), *The Life of* [*Charles Hodge*](/authors/charles-hodge) *D.D. LL.D.* (1880), p. 13