Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-27
A ChiId's Queries.
By CLAYTON KEITH.

WlSQOm does not always QlSpldy
itself in older or mature minds, but
the child often manifests its peculiar
power in many marked and differ
ent ways. And how singular it is
too, for it is that knowledge never
learned in school, but rather that
feature of the same, arising from
an inquiring mind.
What queer questions children
will ask sometimes! Indeed, it
would puzzle the Almigbty's right
hand angel to answer. some of them.
So | thought the other day, as pas
sel through a cornfield and observ-
ed a small six-year-old child assist
ing her father in gathering pump
kins. Papa, who put those seeds
in that pumpkin" asked the child
in innocence and wonder, observing
a large pumpkin which had rolled
off the wagon, and laid split open
on the ground. God" replied the
father, who was very certain he had
nothing to do with it.
Curiosity began nov to assert it.
self with the child, so she stepped
up to the broken pumpkin, and be-
gan to inspect it very close. The
seeds are there, God did it you say.
How did He get His hands into the
pumpkin? | do not see any place
where it was ever broken before.
Papa" continued the child when
were those seeds put in there?"
Last spring." replied the non-com-
initial father, eager to satisfy Miss
Curiosity the best he could. Now
please tell me how it was done?"
Why, that pumpkin grew the same
as the rest of these fellows did, do
not see anything very strange about
that" But the child did, so she
continued, Nov papa, you say that
God put those seeds in there, and
that the pumpkin of itself grew.
Very funny that seems, for if the
pumpkin grew the seeds must too,
and then God must have more than
one pair of hands, for this is not the
only garden in the world" God is
a Spirit, and has not got any hands. "
replied the father, eagar to catch at
some reply, for he plainly saw that
his bound to know everything"
was rather getting ahead of him.
"Oh! He orders His stuff made, does
He?" Yes, He said let there be
light, and there was light" Pa
pa, where is God?" Every
where" replied the father. so |
thought yesterday, for somebody
got into my playhouse and tore il
all to pieces, and | know that God
must have done it, for Watch was
away at the time. Oh! say! | think
God must be very fond of pumpkin
pie else he would not let these fell
lows get so big and ripe" 80 God
never eats" replied the father eager
to still satisfy his little Biblical in.
quisitor. God never eats" re-
peated the child, "how can he tel
when the angels get hungry, anc
only the other day | heard ma read
ing about the twelve manner Of
fruits, what are they there for il
they are not to eat?" oh! go away
my child: | shall have to send YOU
to the house, for its getting late anC
these plmpkins must be gathered
before dark" But baby inquisitol
had an idea that by asking questions
she was pleasing God, so she KEEP
right on regardless of parental dis
cipline. Papa, what can | do tina
will please God the most?" continu
ed the child, tremendously. B,
good little girl at all times, anC
that means to obey yorr parents 70,
that is right" you didn't pu
that all in, pa" Put what in?'
interrupted the father. Children
obey your parents in the Lord, fol
me to go to the house now would
be obeying you out of the Lord"
Say pa, will God love me just thu