Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1887 — A Child’s Idea. [ARTICLE]

A Child’s Idea.

“Mamma, ” -said a little girl whose name was Gertrude Matilda, “I hope when the Lord wants me He’ll call me by my pretty name.” Her mother remarked that the name would not make any difference to the Lord. “No,” was the reply, “I s’pose not, and whichever name it is I s’pose I’ll have to answer.”— Detroit Free Press. We stand serene at sunny points in life; and to them who smile at seeing us glad say nothing of the interval of storms.