"WHAT IS YOUR FATHER TEACHING YOU?"
By Canon Wynne
It is recorded of a certain philosopher, that a friend who went to visit him met the philosopher's little daughter before he met the philosopher himself. Knowing that the father was such a deeply learned man, he thought that the little girl must have learned something very grave, something very deep, from such a father, and he said to her, "What is your father teaching you?" The little maid looked at him with clear blue eyes, and just said, "Obedience." That was what the great and wise man taught his little girl, and I believe that is the most important lesson for children to learn, "to be obedient." It is a lesson necessary for happiness, for their safety, and, I think we may say, for their life.—Canon Wynne.