Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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• 13, ® money, and ah had always lived wfcth har grandmother who had provided a good home for har. But this homa of Lee’» laekad ona thing - love. Har grandmother was a widow who aaployad many servants, but aha never aaamad to want oorapanship of frianda, 3he waa antiraly alona and aaanad to like it. Although Lae waa vary comfortable, aha kapt thinking about a poor littla girl whom aha had aeen in ohurohD She'd think about har, and than tall haraalf it waa nona of har buainaaa. But nevertheless, no mattar how muoh aha triad, aha oould not forgat that voloa , saying so weakly yet politely, I have no homo or maaa0 I'm Just alona0 I oan't go any- where, but before my mama I want away, aha said that dod waa good and would take care of me if I wan good.” Lae remembered how she had answered not too kindly, do to the minister. Ha'll take oara of you.” She oouldn't gat this off her mind. 3he wan supposed to be a Christian; she went to ahuroh. Sometimes she would tell herself,”1 am a Christian. I don't smoko, drink, or swear. But eran though I don’t , I haven't any friendf,®yhare I? What would Jesus do? Would he Just leave the ohild? No, ha would have taken her homa , and fad and olothad her' She had plenty of moneys and besides, someday all this property would be hers. She kapt thinking about the oread whloh aha had Just reoltad that morning,, She had said - ”1 believe in dod, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ, His only Bon our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy dhoat.bom of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was oruaifled, dead, and buried; the third day Ha rose from the dead) He ascended into heaven, and sittath at the right hand of dod the Father Almighty; from thence Ha shall oome to Judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy dhost; the holy Satholie Churoh, the oommunlon of saints; the forgive- ness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen, What was the use of that creed if she never used it? What was the use of God's word, especially when He said, Love thy neighbors as thy- self”? Yes, she had decided to go back. 3he'd find that ohild. when she reaohed the church, she heard someone sobbing upiby the altar. There at the altar knelt a littla girl with her hands folded, praying, Please, dod, taka care of my mother. Har littlr faa bant with grief. Lae felt as if she ware intruding upon something saorad and holy. Bhe knelt beside the ohild. After she had prayed and asked dod to for- give her, she asked the ohild to go home with har and stay as long as she wished. The ohild answered.”IT11 be glad to. I won't be any trouble and 1 can take oars of myself. Go Lee took her by the hand and together they said The Lord's Prayer . Then they left the church. On the way home Lee kept thinking, I'm doing the right thing, and I'm happier than ever before,. I have found dod , and am closer to Him than ever be- fore. Ha loves me and I hope that some day this ohild will. I know she will. I can feel it Just as if d d had promised it.” As Lee was thinking those things, the ohild looked up and said, You look like ay mother, and you're good like har too. You’ll be my mother , won't you? Lae answered, ” Yea. Whan she said, Yes”, she meant that what- ever aha did or wherever she went she'd be thie ohild'a mother. Marguerite Benjamin '41