The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-05-03
OMNISCIENT LOVE
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One night a child was gazing up
VAIL. He marveled at the eternal in
SOM tia Of the stars. Then he wonder
ed whether they were 50 large because
they were near or whether they were
80 small because they were distant.
Il wonder how far they arcY he
unused aloud.
"What? The stars| asked his
mother. who was 10y.
yes" said the little boy.
every far" she told him.
"Ialt how far" he persisted.
"lf miles were minutes, and you liy-
ed n century of centuries. You would
die ere you reached the midway point
to yondcr bright blue star tn1t eecms
the nearest of al, =
The chu..I1 and not understand. but
he was silent After a time he asked
her, "And beyond the stars, what is
thcrcw
"Morc stars"
"And beyond them"
"Still more stars"
"And beyond the uttcrmost stars|
"Innnitc."
"And beyond thatY
"There IS no beyond"
"And God, them
"God is lnlinity."
"If were bird that could live
without food and without drink and fly
upward to the stars-past the stars
which | can see. and past those which
| can't see, and past those which are
beyond those which | can't see, and
flew and flew, all day, all night, with
out pause how long would # be before
| reached the end Of inhnltyW
"You would fly for ever and ever, and
yet you would never be any nearer to
the end Of it, for it has no end"
GLOW can that beY
"Run off TO bed and don't ask 50
many questions again"
But the child could not sleep for
thinking Of inhnity, which * the birth
place Of the stars and Of God and the
cemetery Of mems reason. He could
not understand.
Days passed and months and years,
and still he thought about in6nlty, and
still he could not understand. The
more he thought the less he under
stood.
One day, grown to lad, he sat alone,
muslng. while his schoOlmates all
about him were at play.
A teacher, seeing the gravity OF the
lads face, drew near and asked him
the cause Of 1t.
"I am thinking Of innnlty," replied
the lad. 81 want to understand what
innnlty is"
you can't, not being God. Run of
and play ball.
One day the same child. still a child,
was gazing at the sky. In June God
drops n huge hollow turquoise, cover
wise. over the world and varnishes II
within with molten sunlight and tries
to dry 1t quickly with handfuls Of
cloud cotton, portions Of which cling
puhily to the interior of his dome.
And then said the little boy to his
mother: God made the sky. didn't hei
And the clouds? And the SUM- And
everything else upon the earth ana be-
meath it and above it,
Eyes"
"And who made GodY'
God never was made. There never
was a time when he was not"
Before the beginnlng|
Before the beginning he was; after
the end he shall be-"
But
run of and don't ask so many
questions"
All that day the child thought Of
God and why he had no youth, no past
no prenatal mysteries. nothing to won
der about And he could not under
stand.
Years passed. Often he thought Of
God, who was before time was and
shall be when time no longer Is. But
he could not understand.
One day, grown to adolescence he
went to the wisest man in the world
and asked him about it,
at is very easy" said the wisest
man in the world.
"YesY' said the youth.
eyes; everything is possible to, from,
by and Of God"
"YesT said the youth.
ayes; because he is God"
Then, one day, when the child was
grown to manhood, a maiden crossed
his path. For the space of a breath
she gazed on him. Her eyes had the
blue Of the midday sky, the light Of
the sun, the depth Of the night. His
eyes saw all this as they mlrrored
themselves In hers.
She went her way, and the man gaz-
ed long and steadily after her. OF a
sudden he smote his brow with his
hand and cried, "Now l know" and
went to see the wisest man In the
world.
so graybeard," said the man to him,
"now | understand infnity"
"You are a madmanw said the wlsest
man and drew back.
"Yes, and | understand Cod!
"You are a foolw said the wisest
man and frOwned.
Eyes; because love-!
"You are n sage" said the wlsest
man and extended his hand. - New
York Commercial Advertiser.
PrecOcious.
A small boy. examining q hair Of his