Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-12

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GOD TEACHES Er PicTUREs-
God wishes 10 set forth tho fact that
in the Judgment ths good viii be divided
from the wicked How is Is done? By
picture; by parzble--a fishing scene.
A group ef hardy men, long bearded.
geared for standing 10 the waist IA
wafer: slseses rolled up. Long oar
sun xiIT. boaE battered - though II had
been playmate Of the storm A full
net humping about with the fish,
which have Just discovered their captiv-
inv, the worthless mossbunkers and the
useful founders all in the same net.
Tue fisherman puts his hand down amid
tbs squirmiug fms. takes out the moss
bunksrs and throws them into the water
aud gathers tho good fish into the pail.
90 says Christ. it shall be al the end Of
the world. The bad he viii cast away,
and the good he viii keep Another pic
turs.
God. our Mother, wanted to set forth
sA0 ~1k} VI aSA8 ADo&iy tSvSs oaA ~ -
done by picture. A heap Of wounds on
the road 10 Jericho. A traveller has been
fighting . robber. The robber stabbed
him and knocked him down. Two min
isters come along. They look at the poor
fellow. bat do not help him A traveller
comes along-a Samaritan He says
"Whoar' 70 the beast he Is riding and
d,.vnun<s ~ .w,-,,as thu vwouu1a.
no takes out some wine, and with Il
washes the wounds. and then he takes
some oil and puts that in 10 mako tho
wounds stop smarting, and then he tears
of . piece Of his own garment for .
bandage. Then he lelps the wounded
man upon the beast and walks by the
side, holding him on until they come to
tavern. He says to tho landlord,
Here - money to pay the mans beard
for two days; take care Of him; il it costs
anything more charge it to me, and
viii pay it," Picture-"The Good Sa-
marian. or Who Is Your Neighbour
Gop's NorHERLY LOVE.
Does God, our Mother, want to set
forth what foolish thing it is to go
away from the right. and how glad di-
vine mercy is to take back the wanderer?
How Is it done? By picture. A good
father. Large farm with fat sheep and
oxen. Fine house with exquisite ward
robe. Disseminated boy. Goes away.
Sharpers fleece him. Feeds hogs Gets
h0mesick. Starts back. Sees an old
man running. 1t is fatherl The hand,
torn of the husks, gets ring. The foot,
infiamed and bleeding, gets sandal.
The bare shoulder, showing through the
tatters. gets q robe The stomach.
gnawing itself with hunger, gets full
platter smoking with meat. The father
cannot eat for looking at the returned
adventurer. Tears running down the
face until they come TO a smile-the
night dew melting into the morning.
No work on the farm that day, for
when bad boy repents and comes
back promising to do better, God knows
that Is enough for one day, "And they
began TO be merry" Picture-"Prodigal
Son Returned from the Wilderness" So
God, our Mother, teaches Us everything
by pictures. The sinner is lost sheep.
Jesus is the bridegroom. The useless
man barren fig tree. The Gospel is a
great supper. Satan, a sower Of tares.
Truth, a mustard seed. That which we
could not have understood in the alb
stract statement God, our Mother, pre-
sents 10 Us in this Bible album Of pic
lures, God engraved. Is not the divine
maternity ever thus teaching us?
remark again that God has moth
er's favoritism. A father sometimes
shows a sort Of favoritism. Here is a
boy-strong. well, of high forehead and
quick intellect. The father says, 81
viii take that boy into my firm yet" or,
81 will give him the very best possible
| education" There are instances where,
for the culture Of the one boy, all the
others have been robbed. A sad favor
itism, but that is not the mothers favor
lite. will tell you, her favorite.
There Is child who at two years OF
age had fall. He has never got over
IT, The scarlet fever muffled his hear.
ing. He is not what he once was. That
child has caused the mother moro anx.
ious nights than oil the other children.
II he coughs in the night she springs
ont Of a sound sleep and goes to him.
The last thing she does when going ont
Of the house is to give charge in regard
to him. The first thing on coming In is
to ask in regard to him.
Why. the children Of the family al
know that he Is the favorite and say
Mother. you let him do just rs he
pleases, and You give him great many
things which you do not give Us. He is
your favorite." The mother smiles; she
knows it il so. So he ought to be. for il
there is any one in the world that needs
sympathy more than another it is an in.
valid child, weary on the first mile oil
Iife's journey-carrying an aching head
weak side, an irritsted lung. So the
mother ought to make him favorite.
God, orr Mother. has favorites. Whom
the Lord loveth he chasteneth"-thai
il. one whom ne especially loves he chss-
| teneth.
God loves us all, but is there one
weak and sick and sore and wounded
and suffering and faint2 That is the
one who lies nearest and more perpetual
| ly on tho great loving heart Of God
Why. IL never coughs but our Mother
God-hears it. IL never stirs weary
limb In the bed but our Motherhood
knows of IL. There is no such watcher
| a. God. The best nurse may be over
borne by fatigue and fall asleep In ths
chair: but God. our Mother, after being
| up A year of nights with a suffering