Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1912 — The Problem of Evil. [ARTICLE]

The Problem of Evil.

“Mother,” asked four-year-9ld Gerald, “who made all the burglars and the cops and the Indians and the mosquitoes and those bad things?” “Why,” replied his mother, slightly taken aback, “I suppose God did, dear.” ; . .' - > “Well, mother,” said the boy, with a puzzled look in his blue eyes, “what do you suppose he made ’em for?”