Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-01-27
model Cstter to a ElnIs Girl.
Modern Sciences Method of
Showing the Value Of
Temptation and OppOrtu-
nitV.

The following letter to little glrl
has cnms to our notice, and it is
printed with the hops that its sphere
Of usefulness may be wldsned:
Dear Vina- Your letter Of last
Sunday found me at home this time.
After the hard work of the day, ]
enjoyed it very much, and have been
thinking a great deal about that part
which tells of your temptation.
guess | shall write to you just
as | would to older people, aud per-
haps you will see your trial in new,
and may be helpful, light.
You may not have thought far
enough yet to ask yourself "Why
have l bad temper? Why couldn't
| have been born without it? What
is the use of such temper, and
where did it come fromH"
Now, perhaps you have thought
of these great questions. really
believe that you young people can
understand more than older folks
generally suppose, When my sister
was thirteen she had become much
interested in rocks and stones. | was
away ct college then, and used to
write her letters on geology, telling
of the great Professor Dana's lectures,
and it WAS surprising to see how
quickly and eagerly she grasPed
some of the great scientific principles.
She seemed to crave such new ideas,
and to thoroughly appreciate them
So am going to tell you ideas
that the greatest men in the world
are thinking about today, and l an
sure you will understand them, too.
All people have passions. This
one likes to fight, that one to steal
another is malicious and another en-
wous. Now, where do all these
passions come from2 In other words
what is the origin Of that when mer
have come to call "evil" that whicf
is "Dad" in us; e., that which VI
wish we were rid of? | will tell you
If You were in the centre Of Africa
among the wild tribes, you wOulC
think the people almost animals
They fight all the time, hate ever!
other tribe just as animals hate eacI
other, and even eat each other lik
wild animals do. They are like tn
animals in hundreds of ways, eve
in form, sometimes.
After many years of hard study
the best educated men of today, lik
Professor Drummond, the great RI
ligious teacher, and hundreds of otE
ers, have found that thousands {
years ago all men we're far less civi
lied than the present African Sann.
balls; in fact, that they were only an
mails. They had not begun to thin
much, and we're no better than th
gorilla is now, They fought kille
and ate each other just as the Oth'
animals did and are still doing now
Bat somehow or other the Animi
since called "man" at last got bett,
start than the others,
Perhaps he had a weaker bod
than some and had to use 30 niue
ingenuity and Stratagem to Outw
his stronger foes shat he developed
larger brain than theirs. We ca
imagine that one day such an unsqu
contest forced man to seize club
aid him, and when once the value
club had been learned, man hs
taken great stride fOrwar
Though weaker than many other a
finals, he had made himself superb
TO them, and with his club could k
them more easily than they could k
him.
By-and.by he tried to kali bis 70
before they reached him. The spes
then only a club or stick was inveu
ed. Al last came one of the greS
est inventions ever made, that of d
bow and arrow. Man had now Il
the other animals far behind.
could stand Stlll and easily kill the
at = distance. The present guns a
only . modification Of that great Iii
covery, that principle Of killing at
distance.
The original discovery is alWa
more important than anything viii
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