Willie’s Education. 17

 

Before I begin, however, I must not forget to
tell you that Willie did ask his father the question
with Mrs Wilson’s answer to which he had. not’
been satisfied—I mean the question whether God
worked; and his father’s answer, after he had sat
pondering for a while in his chair, was something
to this effect :—

“Yes, Willie; it seems to me that God works
more than anybody—for He works all night and
all day, and, if I remember rightly, Jesus tells us
somewhere that He works all Sunday too. If He
were to stop working, everything would stop
being. The sun would stop shining, and the
moon and the stars; the corn would stop growing ;
there would be no more apples or gooseberries ;
your eyes would stop seeing; your ears would
stop hearing ; your fingers couldn’t move an inch;
and, worst of all, your little heart would stop
loving.”

“No, papa,” cried Willie; “I shouldn't stop
loving, I’m sure.”

“Indeed you would, Willie.”

“Not you and mamma.”

“Yes; you wouldn’t love us any more ee if
you were dead asleep without dreaming.”

“That would be dreadful.”

“Yes it would. So you see how good God is
to us—to go on working, that we may be able to
love each other.”