Child Would Not Offend Deity

1914

Child's Idea of Everyday Politeness Applied to All Cases and Needs

To a normal child all things and people, even those most highly endowed and wonderful, are to be taken simply. To a polite child, for example, the rules of everyday politeness are sufficient for all cases and needs.

A medical missionary recently returned from India tells the story of a sweet little girl, who was much troubled by the prevailing plague of mosquitoes.

"What does God make them for?" she asked.

Told that the Divine purpose in the matter was unknown, but that such purpose undoubtedly existed, the little one pondered silently for some moments. Then:

"Do you suppose I could ask him about it when I go to heaven?" she inquired. "You see, I'd just love to know why we have to have mosquitoes, but I wouldn't want the good Lord to think me rude."


Church in English Woods

Of Great Antiquity, Sacred Edifice in North Devon Proves Big Attraction to Visitors

Culbone church, which among many others claims to be the smallest church in England, is situated on the coast of North Devon, not far from the picturesque little village of Porlock, and the church is so guarded by hills and woods that the sun's rays reach it only four months of the year.

The building is but 33 feet long by 12 feet 8 inches wide, and has a porch, nave, carved oak chancel screen and Norman font, an alabaster altar piece and a quaint high pew near the chancel, used by the family of Lord Lovelace, by whom the property is owned. The slanted chancel is lit by a tiny, square-headed, iron-barred window, the oldest feature in the church, being pre-Norman, and cut out of a single stone. It is amply large for the population, which is about 35 in a parish of 1,337 acres.

In summer the church is crowded, owing to the influx of visitors from many parts of the world.