The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
WANTS his soy TAUGHT rauT-.
Parent. Fercisie Plea to . sanday seh"aa
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WANTS HIS eOf TAUGHT fHosH
p.r<ns.. Fereisie Plea to . Sunday s~hs'''
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Can vou fell me" asked New YORK
LAWYER who lives u Brookiyn, who
writes the stories that are printed IN the
nts!s papers that my boy brings home
from Sunday SCHOOL, #s
.swen. no. answered the surerfnssnd-
Ont but I t.saak they are beautifully
written. don't YOU: Each one. seems to me.
contains a Variable spiritual Thought
Spiritual rubbish" exclaimed the Ia w
yer.
The superintendent had never teen 20
szstoslisiled in all his life
w hat $ that. whats that he demand
ed wl.s.n he had fully persuaded himself
that be had not been dreaming. and fnsal
a real live MAI, had actually characterized
As rubbish" that literature which De had
accustomed himself 10 esteem So highly.
Il mean it, sid the lawyer, whose
blood was up Now. last Sunday u!
little boy came home with this paper and
got his mother To read him this story
headed Franks Victory-A True story,
To start with it's not true story no
man of Judgment would accept 1t as
true. That my first objection TO It. In
the second place. it's an absurd story,
with an outrageous moral. don't want
falsehoods palmed off on my child Tor
true stories. and don't want him mis-
led by goody goody. namby pamby driveL
1.-The story is that Frankie, although
- x.,n,,11nff do 1A
hadn't doneianything to justify Joe's re.
sentiment; nevertheless he just stood still
and let Joe batter his face until 1t was
all bruised and bleeding. i never, says
the story teller, will forget the sight.
".Why on earth didn't you fight him!
one If the boys asks of Frankie, and
frankie answers, I am trying to be
Christian, and ! don't think 1t is right to
fight and this sentiment the story teller
applauds:'
land don't you applaud it?' asked the
superintendent. '''-- -'''- 49,
Certainly / do" answered the law
yer, 4sbut I don't see what it has to do
with the case I think that such behav-
ior as frankie is credited with would be
miserable in real life. 80 $500 .@' --.'.
Suppose a case. Suppose that my
older boy-comes home with his face adj
cut up and bleeding. -- ---'-. t.--,s.
WHATS the natter ask. -
ga boy did it. he answers. -----.
-"'How big a boy?a ------.."-- -----
."'Not quite SO big as myself ,.-..---
".What did yos let hin. do it forS -.-
:" I'm trying to be a Christian, papa,
answers, my son in the words of the
good boy in the story. and don't think
it's right to fight .-...... - --,,..- ~.-.
Now. what do you suppose I'd say
to thats Think I'd kiss my son and tell
him how proud Twas Of him2 No. sir.
| I'd give him some good ADVICE. 49,. - 81.
"".'You could have whipped that boy.
| couldn't your I'd ask him. &C.. .a.- -.
| He'd say Yes of course. -.
Couldn't you have thrown him to
the ground and held him there? .... ~.
He'd say Yes to that too. 49,,
but you didn't do anything. You
Just stood still and let him punch you
until he was tired And you did it be.
cause you thought you wouldn't be a
Christian if you defended yourself.
Now, my dear boy, let me tell you
something:
." IT'S not incumbent upon any Chris.
tan to allow another person to pound
him. Don't fight, but always defend
yourself. When another boy tries this
thing on you, put him on his back and
sit down on him and go to whiting o,
whistiing, and keep at 1t until he says
that he will behave himself" - -'''---
But" protested the superintendent
"it's pretty dangerous business giving q
boy license like that. Give him an inch
and he'll take an ell" '-''.-'. -'>T1'.'- go
There's where you are off again" an
swered the lawyer. f don't believe in
mysteries with children. tell my boy
that it is brutal to fight; at the same
time tell him that it's manly to defend
himself, If he hasn't Judgment enough
to discriminate between the two things
he's, stupid-a good deal stupider thar
the average boy. o--- .a.-- ...--,s...,-.
"Ne, sir, what want my boy taugh'
is truth don't want his Sunday schoo
superintendent or anybody else to as
sumo that he is weakminded, and tina
the proper thing is to stuff him full o.
false and misleading notions, Give hin
the truth So. .,.......,-
II think the fault with some of yor
Sunday school people is that you under
estimate the intelligence of your pupils.
New York Times.
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