The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-26
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Is very little hampered by people, thus he
is left free to work in his own way, and
so by this very superior wisdom OF the
race stored up IN him he is enabled to
work wonders. He is a genius. But
after this early period he is begun 10 be
brought into the bands OF the people
about him, and soon the customs Of the
race fetter him and from this time he
begins to deter1orate.
The second reason for his greatness
IS the fact Of his near relation TO God
in these early years the little being is
very close to his Creator and the Cod
part in him is pre-eminent. AS he grows
older the man-paT1 becomes stronger.
until, sometimes, the GOd-part is almost
completely obscured.
This great strength Of the child is well
illustrated by Helen Keller. Shut almost
wholly away from her feIow-beings at
eighteen months Of age, she has kept
within herself the freshness Of childhood.
That her ancestors were Intellectual peo-
pie and ker having a fine teacher would
so for naught If she herself was not a
superior being. Her great progress, be-
lieve, rises from the fact that she still
retains in greater part than seeing
and hearing people the wonderful
strength inherited from God and man s
thousand years Of growth.
Let US men, then, believe in the super
iority Of women ana let US both
men and women fall down and worship
the little child.
The greatest being that has ever been
on this earth recognized these things
q r11-.
ness Of the little child, on two occa-
sions taking special pains to bring this
before His disciples, at one time especi-
ally saying that we must become as
these little children in order to enter
heaven and another time declaring "of
such is the kingdom Of heaven" Christ
anever uttered idle words and when He
made these sayings He meant to convey
to US an important truth, which even
at this day we have not fully compre-
hended.
mo poet, whoever he may be, who
has sung TO US the beauties Of God and
nature, has ever reached up so close to
God and down so near to nature as has
the little child. No singer, be he ever
so cunning as to touch the harp-strings
of our souls, has ever gotten so near
TO our deepest, inmost feeling as has the
little child. No diver after the great
truths Of nature has gone 50 far down
into the depths of the hidden purposes
of God as has the little child.
Let US give some illustrations, gather
ed by myself and students.
"A little child noting the stars ss they
came out one by one in the ethereal blue
above, looking past tho stars TO God
towards earth and calls these stars Gods
towards earth and calls these stars
Gods Candies"
"One morning a little child looking
through an opening in the clouds. fol-
lowing the blue leading on and on. sees
with the eyes Of childhood the pathway
which angels are treading on their way
between heaven and earth, cries out: oh,
I ste the heaven door?
"a little girl one evening watching the
sun set saw the beautiful outlines as God
means for Us to see them, called out to
her mother: why don't God put frames
and glass on those nice pictures before
he hangs them up in the SKYE
How little we understand children. It
IS not every time that well prepared NOR
al lessons make the impressions We think
they do.
"A little boy was overheard telling a
little girl that when we die we will go to
heaven and have wings. The little girl
Immediately answered.: oh, won't that
be nice Then we can lay eggs on top of
the house
- little girl Of four years vas stand
ing by her grandmother looking at a
funeral procession that was passing. The
grandmother undertook to explain death
to the little one and told the child that
If she was a good girl, when she died she
would go to heaven and be an angel and
wear wings The child for the next two
or three days was quite bad to the sur
prise Of the family. When asked why
she was so naughty she related what her
grandmother had told her and added: 7
en- and have wings and have people say
ing to me. 1ello. chicken
"a child lacks for words to express his
thoughts 4le has a wonderful power Of
transferring words relating to one idea to
express another idea having similarity in
some way.
zone day four ear-old boy was play
ing IN a yard with little dog. Some
turkeys came near them. and. boy-like.
he set the dog on them. The dog got
hold OF a turkey and pulled out some
feathers. The boy informed the one re-
lating the story that the dog had pulled
some leaves out Of the turkey.
Another little boy told a lady that he
saw a man scrape the feathers OF hog.
a little girl had a tooth that was very
loose. She could scarcely pluck up cour-
age enough TO have It taken out One
day she came running over to her neigh
boris house and showed that the tooth
was gone. Now she said. my tongue
has a window
What is a little child?
TT IS q Iiece Of God wrapped in earth,
kneaded and nodded BY thousands Of
years OF time and humanity.
These children are all about US and
yet we don't sec them. They are snout-
ing cut 10 US at every turn in the road.
and yet we hear them not They are rub
bing UP against Us at all times and yet
we do not feel them.
''IIave we not been here a long time and
yet have not discovered a single child.
You have seen beings with two legs, made
20 run into wickedness; you have seen
two hands ever ready for mischief; you
have observed two eyes always on the
lookout Ior meanness; you have perceiv-
&c two ears ever twisted TO catch things
they should not Have you ever discov-
cred the soul? Have you sought for the
inmost depths Of one OF these Have you
for days and weeks and months snd years
studied children as you have flowers and
mixtures and compounds? Have you
sought FOR Ne soul OF q child when It
seems as 4 II were entirely covered over
with wickedness and meanness2 Have
you stood befors a little chLd. as you
have before the starry heavens. and