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Show THE CHHiO's),8IMPLE FAITH. ,Vf A.V. How SmaWcJMInds Grasp the Great .Problems of Life. UtSSiTargaret had given her dog the 'jBblfled and not generally be-stoweRpqfeLrJogs be-stoweRpqfeLrJogs name of Stephen. This aMHSMncr difficult for everyday every-day P'WrH'pn, much coaxing and VArloualcySHttially Induced Stephen, the dlfcnifljpHBb come in answer to the more wPBte.and endearing term, "Teevie.'IB There cJM''sorrowful day when Teevlo could ?not he found In any ot his accustomed spots. That nlrtt, before sobbing herself to sloep.Marguret ftnUhed her prayer, "O Lord, pleaso And Teevle and bring him back." After repeating this for .several nights, her mother thought sho would save the child's faith from too severe a strain, so suggested that she stop praying for Stephen's return, but wait patiently. Sho Imagined time might efface tho Idea and lcavo her llttlo girl with a faith still Implicit. Some three weeks afterward sho sat down to teach her the next Sunday's lesson. les-son. "Who Is God, Margaret?" sho asked. "God Is our Father," replied tho child. "And whero Is God?" tho mother continued. Tho child's face wore a puzzled expression ex-pression for a second, then sho exclaimed ex-claimed dellghtodly: "Oh, I know! Ho's off hunting Teevle." |