Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-11

so the Kingdom of the Lord remained
closed to you until you were eleven
years old?" she said turning to
Elizabeth
Only his temple, gracious lady. l
knew the history of Christianity when
l was still little child, and learned
with my first thought to know and re-
we're the Supreme Being, for l cannot
remember a time when I was without
a conception Of God 1t is a matter
of principle of my father not to let
his children enter the house of God
| so early He thinks such young souls
are incapable OF understanding the
significance, grow weary of the SER
| mons, which, with the best Intentions
they cannot understand, and SO gain
false Impressions from the first. My
little brother, who is seven years old,
has never been to church"
Happy father!" exclaimed the
| doctor, TO be able to carry this out"
why, what prevents you from let
ting your children shoot up morally
like mushrooms?" inquired the bar
| onees. naliciously.
Il can answer that in a very few
words l have six children and am
not rich enough TO employ a tutor
for them. My profession prevents
my educating them myself and l am
obliged to send them to the public
schools and submit, with them, to
Of hn
which is included attendance of the
little ones at church. And it is the
same thing with another conviction
reading the Bible by the children
themselves. The Bible does not be
long in Their small hands. AS the
foundation of their later life and
activity, it should be surrounded tor
their childhood with an unapproach-
able halo. The child, with rare ex-
ceptions, seeks entertainment much
more than earnest instruction, and
has a propensity for burrowing after
precisely what is concealed from it,
So I know, and obseryant teachers
know TOO that the little folks sitting
with the book upon their knees and
praised for it by their needless par
ents, by no means always hun. UP
the text Of the last sermon, but are
far more apt to point out to one an
other forbidden words which the re-
lined and moral mother at home
never permits to reach her ears,
the meaning of which is expOunded.
however, clearly enough by children
who, coming from coarse homes,
learn from rough parents or servants
more than is wholesome for them.
And even assuming that this last
calamity does not happen, and The
child asks its mother the meaning OF
the strange word, a sensible woman
Will know how to help herself, but
Will nevertheless, be obliged to forbid
I'the child to use the word Do but
think of the song of Solomon-and
so arise the first doubts, and scruDles
| in the young mind spring up and
strike root all the more deeply be.
cause the uncultivated moral nature
and immature reason offer no count
erpOise."
At this point Baroness Lessen rose
with an impatient gesture Two
bright red spots mad appeared on her
full pale cheeks, and these were
danger-signals of wrath to come for
all who anew her FrauIein Won
Waldo therefore arose also, having
remained passive during the whole
conversation, offered her cousin her
arm, and conducted her to the win
dow, asking her whether it would be
agreeable to her to have Elizabeth
play
This tightening conductor received
a nod of approval, chiefly perhaps, be
cause the baroness knew that she
was not equal to debate with the doc
tor. Her indignation must have been
observed by all, and it was the lovely
music therefore, which Modified her
and induced her not to crush to
earth the doctors outrageous attacks
upon her zeal in the service of the
Lord, part of which consisted in be-
slowing, with her own hands, coJies
OF the Bible upon poor children. She
Withdrew to a window and stared
out upon the landscape, upon which
the first shadows of descending light
were settling. Her face was c0ldly
crue4, as faces with water-blue, blond
dashed eyes are apt to be A deep
wrinkle folded the corners of. her
mouth, sign of anger which did not
disappear when Schubert's "ErI
mink was played with mastery skill
by the two ladies. The tones died
upon this breast unfelt, as the music
OF the waves upon the rocky shore.
When the last chord died away,
the ladies arose, and, the doctor, who
had been listening in silence. hasten
ed to them. His eyes glowed he
thanked them enthusiastically for the
pleasure which, he said, he had not
experienced in many years. Here
FrauIein Won LehT's face became
purple and her manma shot gIances
like poisoned arrows at the Iucklcss
enthusiast. Had not her daughter
played several times during the pre-
cedlng winter at concerts for phiIan.
throplc purposes in L, and lad ne
not been present upon every oc sasion.
But the doctor seemed n0t tn notice
the thunderstorm he had coniured
UP. He spoke in detail of Schubert's
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