The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-11-08

THE LITTLE ANTS.
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you an old story about boys and girls
who lived ever SO long ago."
where did they live, Uncle Arl
thur" asked May.
"They lived in France and Ger
many and were happy and playful
boys and girls until a man canhe
among them and by his preachin&
caused them to forget their obiedenc%
to their parents, and as usual the
suffered terribly for It," u
do we suffer always suffer for dii
obedience, even when we are grow
up" asked John. NJ
Eyes John, even unto the end ok
time. men, women and children"
What is the name of the story,
Uncle Arthur"
We will call it the 'Children's Cruz
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ffttYears ago men were more relisS
ious and manyiof them went as pil-S
grins to Jerusalem to see the place
where Christ suffered"
What is a pilgrim?" ~
1T is a grown person who sets out
to visit, some holy place without mon
ey, begging from kind people his food
and lodging" a3 IVY ~
why did they do that?5''s9 h .54 y
n Because that was harder on them
and they believe God will forgive
them for what they have done. y eo1A
well all the places where Christ
lived, suffered and died were then in
the hands of Mohammedams." III
who are they?" E@ N
They are people who believe q
man named Mohamet was. the true
message from God and his religion
the correct one" rc a0 n
They would not allow the pills
grims to visit the places and often
treated them very badly. Sometimes
they sold them into slavery"
IA man one day believed God loved
children best and if children would
unite into an army God would give
them Jerusalem. So he started out
to little children asking
them to leave home and go capture
the Holy Land IA
sParents tried to prevent them
from going but twenty thousand of
them got together and formed a, chill &
dren's army. They elected one of
their number as leader and obeyed
him as good soldier obey their gem
sral." .e@G Tee Ef4 s&
. "They started over the Alps mount- '
aims into Italy to take passage. for 4
The roads were cold and
many took sick and died from sick
less and hunger"
"Out Of ten thousand who went
,nly few hundred reached Rome.
There the Pope met them all and
.fter good talk sent them home.
Few if any reached home"
,!"The other ten thousand went II
through France to the Meditrranean
lea. This was in warmer climate
nd the people were good to them
% they didn't suffer much"
when they arrived at Marseilles
hey waited several days for God to- @
lake path through the sea for them
lst as he had done for the Jews
nee before. But God didn't do so.1S
1.-TWO cruel men volunteered to fur
ish ships for nothing to take them III
cross" H
what good mem" said May.
wait minute, May, and see Il
neither they were good or not"
These men took all on board seven
lips. That was the last time they
yer saw Europe. For two of the
lips were wrecked at sen and the
oys and girls on the other shipS
ere sold as slaves by these bad men 6,
the Mohammedans, whom the Gill
zen had set out to conquer" s
Didn't any one punish these DAD
en-" asked John
mo John, no one raised a hansisz
his is one of the very sad stories Hill \
story" 44S
why did you call it crusad2
ncle Arthur" asked Paul
why, Paul this was the mad
ven to such expeditions because M
40 went on these holy wars wore H III
oss of cloth on their breasts X6
ow that they had sworn to try anu
cover Jerusalem from the infidelaS3yI's 4
Tell US another one, please, Urele
thur, asked May.
Not today, little ants, | must ana
n my letters now"
Good night little ants
Good night, Uncle Arthur"