, 1886-03-21

wrangle. Better when you were little chill
dren in tho nursery that, with your play
house mallets, you had accidentally killed
each other fighting acrcas your cradle. than
that, having come to the age Of maturity.
and having in your veins and arteries the
blood OF the same father and mother, you
ighe each other across the parental grave in
the cemetery.
II you only knew it-your interests are
identical or all the families Of the earth
that ever stood together perhaps the most
conspicuous is the family OF the Rothschilds.
Is Mayer Anselm Rothschild was about to
die, in 1919, he gathered his children about
him-Anselm, Solomon, Nathan, Charles and
James-and made them promise that they
would always be united on change. Obeying
that injunction they have been tho mightiest
commercial power on earth, and at the rais-
ing or lowering Of their scepter nations have
risen or fallen.
That illustrates how much, on a large scale
and for selfish purposes, a united family may
achieve. But suppose that, instead OF a mag
nitude Of dollars as the object, 1t be doing
good and making salutary impression and
raising this sunken world, now much more
ennoblingl Sister, you do your part, and
brother will do his part. II Miriam will low
ingly watch the boat on the Nile, Moses viii
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When father and mother are gone, and
they soon will be If they nave not already
a exit, the sisterly and fraternal bond
will be the only ligament that will hold the
family together. How many reasons for
your deep and unfaltering affection for each
otherl Rocked In the same cradle, bent over
by the same motherly tenderness, toiled for
by the same fathers weary arm and aching
brow, with common inheritance of all
the family secrets, and with names
given you by parents who started
you with the highest hopes for your happiness
and prosperity-I charge you, be loving and
kind and forgiving. II the sister see that the
brother never want a sympathizer, the
brother will see that the sister never wants
an escort. Oh, II the sisters OF a household
knew through what terrific and damning
temptations their brother goes in this city
life, they would hardly sleep nights in the
anxiety for his salvationl And II you
would make a holy conspiracy OF kind words
and gentle attentions and earnest prayers,
that would save his soul from death and hide
a multitude Of sins. But let the sister dash
off in ono direction in discipleship OF the
world, and the brother fee of in another
direction in dissipation, and it will not be
long before they will meet again at the iron
gate of despair, their b~listered feet In the hot
ashes of a consumed lifetime. Alasi that
brothers and sisters, though living together
for years, very often do not know each other,
and that they see only the imperfections, and
none Of the virtues.
General Bauer, OF the Russian cavalry, mad
in early life wandered Off in the army and
the family supposed he was dead. After he
gained a fortune he encamped one day in
Husam, his native place, and made a banquet;
and among the great military men who were
to dine he invited a plain miller and his wife,
who lived near by, and who, affrighted, came,
fearing some harm would be done them. The
miller and his wife were placed one on each side
of the general at the table. The general asked
the mill sr all about his family, and the miller
said that he had two brothers and a sister.
mo other brothersf' my younger brother
went off with the army many years ago, and
no doubt was long ago killed. Then the
general said: "Soldiers, / am this mans
younger brother whom he thought was dead
And how loud was the cheer and how warm
was the embraced
Brother and sister, you need as much Of an
Introduction to each other as they did You
do not know each other. You think your
brother is grouty and cross and queer, and he
thinks you are selfish and proud and unlovely.
Both wrongl That brother will be a prince
in some woman's eyes, and that sister a queen
In the estimation Of some man. That brother
is a magnificent fellow, and that sister is a
morning in June. Come, let me introduce
you; Moses, this is Miriam Miriam.
this is Moses" Add seventy-five per cent. to
your present appreciation of each other, and
when you kiss good morning do not stick up
your cold check, wet from the recent wash
ing, as though you hated to touch each 9TH
ers lfuS in a~ffactiouafa carpsa lat II hav,a
all the fondness and cordially OF a loving
sisters kiss.
Make yourself as agreeable and helpful TO
each other AS possible, remembering tina
soon you part The few years OF boyhood
and girlhood will soon slip by, and you will
go out TO homes Of your own, and into the
battle with the world and amid ever-chang-
ing vicissitudes, and on paths crossed with
graves, and up steps hard TO climb, and
through shadowy ravines- But, o my God
and Saviour may the terminus OF the Jour
ney be the same as the start, namely, at
fathers and mothers knee, IL they ave in
herited the kingdom. Then, as In boyhood and
girlhOod days, we rushed in after the days
absence with much 10 tell OF exciting adven-
ture, and father and mother enjoyed the
recital as much as we who made it, so we
shall on the hillside Of heaven rehearse to
them all the scenes OF our earthly expedition,
and they shall welcome us home, as we say:
Father and mother, we have come and
brought our children with u.s." The old re-
vival hymn described it with glorious repeti-
ton:
Brothers and sisters there will meet.
Brothers and sisters there viii meet
Brothers ami sisters there Will meet
VIII meet to part no more,
/ read OF a child in the country who WINS