Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-05-23
From Troy.

Mr.. Editor if there is anything we
really enjoy it is taking lessons from a
school girl. l will try to reply as
though she was school girl. You say
you are not Catholic, a person who
both loves and fears God. l wish to
know does love and fear run tOgetherY
Love is goodness, fear is hate. Then for
your love and fear of God you expect
reward or everlasting punishment, that
would be pretty hard on poor innocent
school girl, would it not? We ask, can
there be any justice in everlasting pun
ishment? Suppose your parents would
burn you for one day. would not the
neighbors think them cruel?Is God more
cruel? If you will tell me the kind OF q
God you believe on, l can tell you what
kind of man or woman you are.
We do not wish to be better than
we think our God. If we think Him good
ami kind to all we frame our mind that
way. Alike begets alike. II we are
good and kind we are apt to meet with
goodness and kindness wherever we may
go.
Then you say that good parent pun
ishes his children when they do wrong,
not everlasting punishment, that would
be cruel and wicked. Many times q
kiss is better than a blow or slap. We
have family of eight children, grown
and not one OF them did we ever teach
to fear either father or mother. Caress
and teach the little ones to love, not
fear; 10 respect not hate What owe
can child have for cross, hateful par
ent, that it is afraid Off Can l love the
God that will punish bis children for
ever, the devil can do nothing worse.
Then you say, that if you did not ac-
cept all the scriptures you would not
accept any. "Do unto oilers as you
would they do unto you," was that the
way they treated those children when
they turned those bears loose on them?
As you say you are a school girl and be-
lieye it all Just as it reads. Have you
ever read aud thought of what you readY
| sometimes think those that have read
the least believes 1t the most. Did you
ever read where it says, "Let your
women keep silent in the churches for,
1t is not permitted unto them to speak,
and if they will learn anything let them
ask their husbands at home?" Then
what about a school girl coming out In
public print, teaching the old man?
Maybe you do not believe that part of it,
not many women do, neither do l, as
she runs the churches and charitable in.
situations OF today.
Then you say that Mr.. Tharp says, in
his article, that he was born without,
without God, aud lived without God, and
expected to die without God Now, a
little girl that stands up for God ought
to tell the truth. never penned either
statement. l said hat God had no old
clothes to give away. If He has ever
led or clothed me | would like to know
il Can you # your own knowledge
sight me to one circumstance where He
did? G,ur Standing up and working
Tor God reminGs me OF the old man that
stand over night with me few years ago,
an old preacher, and ht gave me short
history OF his life, b. said that he had
been working for the Lord for more than
fifty year lie told how many churches
be- had helped to organize and bow
many Sunday schools he had organized.
He had worked hard and stood up for
his God and at that time he had not one
dollar / knew that some of his chill
dren had been in Jail and that others
ought to have been. Then said to him
think you have done a great deal more
for God than he has done for you.
He lived here in Reno county and had
stood up and as he said worked for the
Lord for more than fifty years and the
Lord let him die a pauper and he was
buried by the county. Can'tyou give Us
one that The Lcrd has I'D Or c.o.led!