PARTICIPANTS OR PARASITES by Wolcott Cutler gpjöL u n n n i t u r i r iriir n xx h t ] H WITNESS CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL 25, 1935 PERSPECTIVE by E D W A R D S. DROW N Professor at Cambridge Seminary LIVED back in those days when little boys wore I skirts, and one day as I was going home I saw a little friend of mine coming toward me with an expression on his face which made me realize that something very much out of the ordinary had happened. He ran up to me, looked up with a big smile and said, “ I’ve got on pants.” That was the all-important thing for him. And I wonder if God doesn’t look down upon us as we looked down upon that little child, and if some of the things that are very important to us are of very little importance to Him? I hope He has a sense of humor so that when we make so much of little things He can smile and say, “Oh, they are just little children down there. Of course, they will grow up some day in the course of eternity but just now how much they make of little things.” ‘‘0 God, I have made a lot of money. I have been elected to public office. I have built a new house. I am going south this winter. O God, I have put on pants.” Message of the Week Y y * Y y — y y "-*y y ' y y * YY YY VV Ty~ YY ' ,VV yy Circulation Office: 6140 Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago. Editorial and Advertising Office: 826 Tribune Building, New York City. Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. J THE WITNESS FUND The following donations to the WITNESS | Uiiff (gptwral Slrmlogtral FUND are gratefully acknowledged. This Fund is used to pay for the subscriptions of those who otherwise would be without the Protestant Episcopal. 69th year. Junior and paper each week: Senior High School. Accredited college prep­ aration and comprehensive general courses. Three-year undergraduate course Rev. B. D. 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