Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-30
A cHlLp's FAITH.
1t Is tI,o Sweetest Thing on Earth in Its
Simplicity.

It Is tlie Sweetest Thing on Earth in Its
Simplicity.
The sweetest thing on earth is the faith
Of a little child. Who Of us has not been
comforted and made better and had our
own faith frightened up through this in
nocent trusti Did you ever study closely
the absolute fnith child hus ia God and
the power of the unseenl A little child is
taught his prayers and told Of God at an
age when he cannot understand clearly,
but he has faith in those who teach him.
and through that a faith In Il supreme
being. This faith implanted in the little
heart is greater than can ever come TO the
mature heart, and ofttimes its strength
and peculiarities are never realized by
those who have taught it.
A little child whom knew was playing
by himself. His mother was sitting on the
piazza OF her country house. He had been
running around the yard, picking flowers
and gathering apples as they would fall
from tree. He assisted the apples to fall
by occasionally throwing stick or
stone at the tree. She finally heard him
say:
DO away, bod; do awayl Don't bodder
me now"
And then he threw another stick. That
one failed to bring down an apple. As he
raised his hand and took aim again he
said:
DO away, sayl Tant 90 wait min
utter"
His mother called him to her and said;
Baby, TO whom were you talzing?'
bod, he replied in the most matter OF
fact tone,
God, said the shocked mother. why,
my child, where was her"
He was whispering to me.p
what did he sayfn
He said, Baby babyl don't frow stones;
zoo will hit the poor little birdics.'"
And the mother had nothing to saw
Faith and conscience wero taking care of
the little soul, and teaching their lesson,
better than IL was possible for her to do.
Another time this same little child was
flying kite. He had indifferent success
There were storm clouds ia the sky and
the wind was iitful. He finally came run.
ming into the house for piece of name,
and pencil, He said;
" want TO send letter up to Dod.n
What are you going to saygn asked his
mother.
II am doing to tell bod dat some naughty
black angels won't let my titc do up.T
How will you get the note up to God
thenn " e'0i'
oh, bod win send q dood angel down
Tor 10 If he knows how bad feeln
lie scratched something on the manor
which to him was symbolic OF his wishes
and his mother tied it to the Kite md
helped him to get it started on its mission
The wind had changed or grown stronger
and the kite sped up to the end of lis linen
thread. The little fellow was NOT at All
surprised. His mother asked lin n h.
thought God had received the letter IL
said, 30, fink saw dear little viii
angel. sitting ON cloud who loot IT. -
me mother was worried as to whit Oh,
would say to him when the Japansse IN.
vention come down still adorned win ~,
white paper Ills faith and idens ,yers ss sS
beautiful to hef that she dreaded 10 disoai
them in any way She was savcd NM F ~
PLANTATION. When the kite reached - ~
hrma again the note was gone Sbo 's n.a'
Furprised, but the faith Of Inc cbii5 IA WI WI
so great that he never looked Tor I, W.
never mentioned It again. uicago ~ In ,lu
Ocean, ''''so inter