The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-17

child. tell you it is a sin-a wicked. vile
sln-to force little children to believe that
anything OF this kind exists. Teacn them,
II you will, that they will suffer
Tor the sin; but If that small boy had got
tnat second piece of bread and marmalade
DC would have had the stomac he-ache sure
and that would have been quite suffering
enough for him, and he wouldn't have
troubled himself about the hereafter; the
present would have sufflced, and the next
time he would have known when he had
enough.
| ON BROAD, HIGH PLANE.
Don't l believe in q punishment here
afteri Certainly / do. But don't think
even the devil himself will be mean enough
TO make little children unhappy when there
are no end Of wicked men and women, not
to mention politicians for him to try his
hand on. OverGoses of any ism" are like
overdoses Of cod liver oil-the stomach
refuses to retain them, and the small
| boy that is pranced in and taught
that he must learn thirty verses in the
| Bible and hymn and two scripture lessons
before he has his Sunday dinner is in about
| as charming q condition to become an
atheist as anybody know. 1t has been a
good many years since, seated on a broad
window sill, positively declined to read
| all about Joseph, and insisted on looking at
the sunshine and admiring the white Balti-
more roses that climbed up all over the
| house, but I remember that day we'll
enough to know that if had not possessed
the will did, and IL l had not struck lust
at the right time, should have been the
most unhappy creature in the world, for
shouldn't believe in past, present or
future.
TO MAKE CHILD LOVING.
You want to make your boy or girl low
ing. brave and good2 He will never be any
| OF these three by learning to recite 600
verses in the Old Testament and
getting. child's picture Bible as
prize in Sunday school That
| don't make men--.thht makes milksops. l
don t mean by this that your boy mustn't
look at Bible; he ought to have one, and
1t ought TO come from his mother. Here
and there ought to be little blue flower, or
bit or pink RIBBON, intended to draw his
attention to some special verses; but do not
think that he will gain overmuch by read
Ing the Old Testament. You might Just as
well put SwinGurne in his hands as the Song
OF Solomon; and if you want him to lose all
respect for either Solomon or David, let
him read the history Of their lives and dis
cover how very human they were, how
much inclined to fall, and how very often
they did things that you and l would think
rather mean. II
GOD IN cHILDREN's LIVES.
My dear woman, teach your boy or your
girl to love God because he is good and kind !;
to love his mother because she can tell him
all about whatever he wants to know and
to respect aud honor his father because he is
man, and God made man in his own
image. According to this new prophet, you
have got just two years to do it all in, but
you are mighty poor woman if you can't
gain that boys love In week, and you are
not it to be mother if you can't mold
his opinions in a month. Not with hell-fire
| and pitchforks-oh, dear, no! But with
love and consideration. You see,
get myself all worked up whenever I see a
| dog or child hit, and feel like making
big break down to the capitol making
them stop their idiotic talk, letting the
woman suffrage question go to the demni-
| ton bow-wows, and making them protect
the two-legged and the four.legged children.
You needn't scott at the four-legged ones ;
| they are mighty good friends-they know
how to keep your secrets. What consti-
tutes friend to you!
WHAT IS A GOOD FRIEND?
To me friend is a woman who loves me
! for my vices as we'll as my virtues.
To me that man is a friend who has sym
pathies in common and never believes that
| my intentions are matrimonial.
| To me that woman is friend who comes
to me when l am sick and helpless, en-
courages me and makes me long to live
| again.
To me that man is friend who warns
| me Of pitfall that l am near, because
high-heeled, high-arched shoes do not tend
to hold one on firm foundation.
To me that woman is friend who likes
my gown and tells me so, and who, if she
doesn't like it, and knows have to wear it,
doesn't force me to suffer the consequence
To me that man IS my friend who doesn't
attempt to explain to me the queer politics
of this country. but who lets me remain in
bllssful ignorance.
To me that woman is my friend who
doesn't steal my sweetheart or the design of
my frock.
To me that man is my friend who stays
where l have placed him and doesn't at
tempt to play the lover.
To me that woman is my friend who for
gives my faults, who praises my virtues,
who helps me have a good time. and to
whom return good measure. Bah.