Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-04

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atheist" said Carol, determined moi
! to be totally overlooked in this dis
cussion.
What has all this to do with Miss
Allen?"
well, one day Hattie was walking
home from school with us, and she
was telling us about 1.-THE dust on
their shoes, etc.-and she said she
liked Miss Allen better than anybody
else in town. I asked why. She said
Miss Allen believed the same things
the Simpsons believe, only Miss Allen
daren't say so publicly, or they would
put her out OF the school: She said
Miss Allen said that most church
members were hypocrites and drunk.
ards and-and just generally bad, and
the ones outside the church are nearly
always good and moral and kind. She
said Miss Allen Joined the Presby.
terrain church here because most OF
the school board are Presbyterians.
She said Miss Allen said she didn't
care if people were Catholics or Jews
or atheists or-or Just ordinary Chris
tians, so long as they were kind to
one another and went about the
world doing good works. And that's
why Miss Allen wouldn't read the
bible and say the Lords prayer in
school,"
what do you think Of that?" de-.
manded Carol. isn't that heresy?
She's as bad as the priest and Levite,
isn't she?'
did you ask Miss Allen about IT."
mo, indeed. we've Just ignored Miss
Allen ever since. We have watched
her as closely as we could since then,
to see If we could catch her up again.
OF course she has to be careful what
she says in school, but we found sew.
eral strong points against her. It's
a perfectly plain case, no doubt about
And so you went among the other
freshmen influencing them, and telling
tales, and criticizing your"
"No indeed, Prue, We wouldn't! But
you know it says in the bible to be-
ware of false doctrines and the SOW
ers Of bad see-or something like
that"
"And we bewared as hard a. we
could" grinned Carol
I'VE have tried to explain these
things to the other freshmen so Miss
Allen could not lead them into-into
error. Oh. that's Christian Science,
isn't It? Well, Minnie Carlson is a
oolo ;o@ sho toll
much about falling into error that
honestly"
1--WE can't tell error from truth any
MORE" interjected Carol neatly. and
80 I hope you won't punish US If we
accidentally vary from the truth once
in a while"
This was quite beyond Prudence's
depth. She knew little Of Christian
Science save that it was a widely &C
cepted creed of recent origin. So she
brought the twins back to Miss ALE,
again. But, twins, do you think 1t
was kind, and Christian. and-and like
parsonage girls. to accept all this
against Miss Allen without giving her
a chance to defend HERSELF"
"As have told you, Prue, We have
watched her very close since then.
She has never come right out in the
open-she wouldn't dare-but she has
given herself away several times.
Nothing can get by us when we're on
the watch, you know"
Prudence knew What did Miss
Allen say"
The twins thought seriously for a
while.
"Oh, yes, Lark" suggested Carol
finally, don't you remember she said
the bible was an allegoTy?"
"What?"
Eyes, she did. She was explaining
to the English class what was meant
by allegory. and she said the purpose
of using allegory was to teach amin
portant truth In homely impressive
way that could be remembered. She
several prominent allie
gories and said the bible was one.
And you know yourself, Prue, that the
bible is gospel truth, and mean, 1t
is so! l mean"
What she MEANS" said Lark help
fully, lis that the bible is not just
a pretty way Of teaching people to be
good, but It's solid fact clear through"
That's very we'll expressed. Lark"
herself could not have ex-
pressed it half so we'll! But how do
you twins understand all these things
so thoroughly"
ITO be continued)