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heaven?
And Jesus called q little child
unto him, and set rim In the mids.
OF them.
And said, Verify I say unto you.
Except We be converted, and become
as little children, We shall not enter
into the kingdom OF heaven.
WhoSoever therefore shall humble
himself as this little child. the
same Is greatest in the kingdom OF
heaven.
And whose shall receive one such
little child IN my name receiveth
me.
But whose shall offend one Of
these little ones which believe in
me, it were better for him that a
milestone were hanged about his
neck, and that he were drowned
In the depth Of the sea.
The international Uniform Sum
day School Lesson for April IS.
The Sin Of Neglecting and Mis-
guiding Children. Matt. 1915, H.
Il; 19:i3-l5.
By WIN. Z. GILROY, ID. ID.
Editor Of The Congregationalist
a civilization NAV be judged BY
It's attitude toward children Where
children are neglected one may
expect 10 find a rough and brutal
order OF society.
The school IS a symbol Of civ
ilization, and the school IS largely
a produce cf religion. Religion it
self Is to be tested by its teaching
concerning, ard its attitude toward
the young. There are types OF
churches that hare neglected the
young, and there have been eras ii
which the young have had little
care on the part OF the church.
But when q church neglects It's
young, no matter how deep the
sincerity Of its adult leaders, that
church quickly becomes the victim
OF harsh and liberal attitudes In
religion. Dognatisn and rharisa.c
self-righteols Tess quickly assume
the place 81 love, kindness, and
gentleness: and one could almost
characterize t. r ture Of a church,
or OF a religious age. By knowing
what the attitude Of that church
or that ege las beEn toward chill
dren.
Jesus and Children
Jesus indi :ated the nature o.
his kingdom very quickly by his
teaching concerning the children
When he would teach his disciples
the deepest truth concerning the
Kingdom or Heaven, he set a little
child In the midst, and he assured
these disciples that except they
repented and became as little chill
dren they could have no part In
that Kingdom Of Heaven Humility
and teachableress were the very
elements y entrance into that
kingdom, as gentleness and child
likeness were the characteristics q
its deepest life and Of its trusst
citizens.
Care for the young Jesus taught
through the human example o. q
shepherds care for his sheep. The
one who hal wandered away from
the flock, the one who was needy
and lost, became the chief concern
OF the shepherd just because OF
that need. And so Jesus taught that
II was tragedy that any little one
should perish.
The two classes that have ever
been In the church in relation 70
children were well exemplified In
the famous incident Of the bless
ing OF the little children The dis
ciples represented the attitude OF
harshness and superiority. They
disregarded the little ones because
these were little, and they thought
OF the affairs OF life as something
in which children had small con-
Germ. They did not sense life IN
terms OF q mothers love, or Q
child's response to that love. And
when the mothers came with their
little ones, anxious that Jesus
should bleES them. they rebuked
these mothers and were about 70
send them away. But Jesus was
much dlspleaSed when he saw II,
and as he took the little children
I'D In his arms and blessed them.
saying Suffer the little children 10
come unto me and forbid them not
for OF such is the Kingdom OF
Heaven" he not only won the
mothers and the children to him.
but he taught the disciples the
deepest lesson concerning that
kingdom which they professed 70
have entered.
The Modern Aspect
Modern educational research and
modern psychology strongly up
hold this supreme evaluation OF
fhe life ~ ina child and the inn