The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-07
CHlLD'S IDEA OF GOD.
They Are Posers and Kept His Father
Guessing.
Okansas CItv Stari

Guessing.
ChanSas City Starr
a newspaper reporter of this CITY mas A
10Y Years old, whose chief characi eris-
, Tic now Is lnquisitiveness- The boys in
designations into the navsterioI1s and nm
known have recently taken a fheoIoe5cal
turn, MS curiosity in this direction having
6een inspired by an illustrated hook -.The
bo.S OF the Bible, which his mother
bought for him. He calls this The Je-
sus BOOK. and he never tires of listening
70 MS mother read from il. One night
last week after he had gone 70 bed. the
S SoS5 pegSn questioning his father about
SIo4 ana heaven, and his questions and
V,SuuGlions were so quaint and curious
U 49, M Iatner took paper and pencil and
W. SI QUE mem down. The following is YER
oatIm report of the converse ton:
Say, papa, if God stuck a thorn in his
NECK would he die and grow up again?''
..MhX' no. God cannot die
o, W. ell. II ne held up a snake IN his
he?" Uie' "ouioii
No. Nothing could kill God"
Wen, If you told God to put YOU ND in
do II en- dn1 see what he has there, he'd
'Why?"
vo Because s;s u you can't go to heaven till
What docs God do with us when we
dle5 Make US UP again?''
1es. He makes an angel of you and
Like butteriies?"
How How does God get you out of the
ground after you're buried?-
He doesn't take your body Our Tt-S
your spirit that goes TO heaven
w hats spirit?"
Its your soul Don't you know what
Yes; it's your heel"
On, no. your soul is in your heart. and
"nen you die your soul flies away"
Is mat so? Well, how does God take
You up out of the ground?'
Your soul goes TO heaven before vour
poGy Is put in the ground"
Is my soul away in me?''
In my belly?~
No; in your heart"
~ " ell my hearts in my belly. isn't it,
Yes; it's inside of you
:. AND And does God put wings on it and let
Yes"
man?'' u d"
Yes; little boy like Won are nav .,
well, that's little man, isn't it?''
Yes. l guess so.
God got a whole bunch of things IN
IN heaven, hasn't hep"
He's got little chickens and birds and
butterflies, hasn't hep
Yes"
Say papa. where do butterflies sIeep?'
up in heaven
No; out in the fields"
Does God look Ike the picture in the
Does he stand up all the time and
write write down names with a writing pen?''
NO not ali the time"
Jesus book
Yes. but he does other things
Is ne a big, long man, as big as the
Yes. he's very big man."
What could God do?"
oh. anything.
II, IF God would stand on piece of iron
could he break it?'
hand?' O'4o
could he lift you on his little finger and
throw you over the house?''
He could reach mile away. couldn,t
Yes"
Could he put hands on a brick and
MAKE xe It pick up another brick?''
Heaven is white place. isn't it,
Why. what makes you think it is
v,h because the q e, outside of the sky is
Yes
Who lives in heaven. papa?''
God and the angels.
And birds, too?"
Well if We would be bad God would
MAKE water come and kill US, wouldn't
he, napa?"
Why, who said that?"
Why, in the Jesus book didn't he do
II! DIDN'T he send a great water. and il
Moved All over. and Noah sent little bird
OUT i!o 10 see If the water was going DOWN.
on, yes; forgot that.
Wen, then. I'm going to be good. and
When L die God will give me wings
Yes, and then what would YOU dn2'
ny rlght down here. and come on
top OF the house and come down the
chimney through the CRATE and fly around
ana hght on top of the bookcase, and sing
she Was Bred in Old Kentucky and
Just as the Sun Went Down and Hello
My Baby and everything I'd whistle IN
And Id get on top of brothers head and
pull his hair. wouldn't I?''
I guess you could
Does God walk in the sky, papa?'
Why doesn't he fall DOWN."
Because there's a floor there
with him." II
Wen. that's a puzzler. sure enough.
but God couldn't fall down, you know
Why couldn't he?'
Because he has wings"
well what does God eat?''
He doesn't eat anything"
Don't he eat ginger snaps?"
No
Nor. strawberry shortcake?"
What do they eat, then?"
They lige without eating in heaven"
do they?"
Yes"
A long pause followed this. then the
boy asked:
Does God Just blow the wind out Of
his mouth and make the wind blown
Yes
I know how God makes the Clouds
How does he make tssem?"
Why, he just mixes them up in a can
with paint brush Doesn't hep
Yes; I guess So.
We'll, when l get to heaven, do Won
know what I'll doY'
mo. What will you do?"
why. I'll ask God to let me paint
clouds with his paint brush on the sky
And I'll tell God to feel in my pocket and
he'll find nice thing. and then he'll feel
in there and III let him have my little
tin box with the nails in it
At this point the father who was a lit
tie rusty fhpOlOoN