`` Oh , Mary , no ! '' exclaimed horrified Una . `` God is n't a bit like father -- I mean He 's a thousand times better and kinder . '' `` If He 's as good as your father He 'll do for me , '' said Mary . `` When your father was talking to me I felt as if I never could be bad any more . '' `` I wish you 'd talk to father about Him , '' sighed Una . `` He can explain it all so much better than I can . '' `` Why , so I will , next time he wakes up , '' promised Mary . `` That night he talked to me in the study he showed me real clear that my praying did n't kill Mrs. Wiley . My mind 's been easy since , but I 'm real cautious about praying . I guess the old rhyme is the safest . Say , Una , it seems to me if one has to pray to anybody it 'd be better to pray to the devil than to God . God 's good , anyhow so you say , so He wo n't do you any harm , but from all I can make out the devil needs to be pacified . I think the sensible way would be to say to HIM , ` Good devil , please do n't tempt me . Just leave me alone , please . ' Now , do n't you ? '' `` Oh , no , no , Mary . I 'm sure it could n't be right to pray to the devil . And it would n't do any good because he 's bad . It might aggravate him and he 'd be worse than ever . ''
`` Well , as to this God-matter , '' said XXXXX stubbornly , `` since you and I ca n't settle it , there ai n't no use in talking more about it until we 've a chanct to find out the rights of it .
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