Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-12

the wounds stop Smarting; and then he
tears off piece of his own garment for
n bandage. Then he helps the wound
ed man upon the beast, and walks by
the side, holding him on until they
come to tavern. He says 20 the land
lord, "uere is money to pay the mans
board for two days; take care Of him: II
it costs anything more, charge 1t to me,
and 1 will pay it," Picture-The Good
Samaritan, or Who is your Neighoor?
DOES GOD, OUR MOTHER,
want to set forth what a foolish thing
Iit is to go away from the right, and
how glad divine mercy is to take back
the wanderer? Ho-r Is il done? By
picture. A good father. uurge Iarm
with fat sheep and oxen. Fine house,
with EXQUISITE wardrobe. Disseminated
bow. Goes away. Sharpers fleece him.
Feeds hogs. Gets homesick. Starts
hack. Sees an old man running. IL is
father! The hand, torn Of the husks,
gets a ring. The foot, inhamed and
bleeding, gets a sandal. The bare
shoulder, showing through the tatters,
gets a robe. The stomach, gnawing
itself with hunger, gets a full platter
smoking with meat. The father cannot
eat for looking at the returned adven-
turer. Tears running down the face
until they come to smlle-tne
night dew melting into morning. No
work on the farm that day; for when
had bow repents, and comes back, prom
ising TO do better, God knows tnat IS
enough for one day. And they began
10 be merry" Picture-Prodigal Son
returned from the wilderness. SO God,
our mother, teaches US everything oy
mixtures. The sinner is a lost sheep.
Jesus is the bridegroom. The useless
man a barren fg-tree. The Gospel is
great supper. Satan, sower OF tares.
Trnth. a mustard seed. That which
we could not have understood In the
abstract statement, God, our Mother,
presents TO us in this Bible-album OF
pictures, God-engraved. Is not the
divine Maternity ever thus teachlng uSF
REMARK AGAIN,
| that God has a mothers favoritism.
father sometimes shows sort OF favor
itism. Here is boy-strong, well, OF
bigb forehead and quick intellect. The
father saws, Il will take that boy into
6rm yet;" or, II will give him the very
hest possible education. There are
instances where, for the culture OF one
how. all the others have been robbed. A
ssd fayoritism; but that is not the moth
er's favorite. l will tell you her tavorite'
There is a child who at two years OF age
had a fall. He has never gotten over It,
The sca.!et fever mutfied his nearing
Ne is not what he once was. That child
has caused the mother more anxious
nights than all the other children
n he coughs in the night, she
snrinUs out /of sound sleep and
and goes 10 him. The last thinE
che does when going out Of the house
= 70 Give a charge in regard to him
The drsVthing on coming in Is to ash
in regard to him. Why, the children
of the family all know that he Is TIT
favorite, and say, Mother, you let MI
do irst as he pleases, and you give hin
4 a great many things which you DO ne
/ givs Us he Is yonr favorite." Tn
mother smiles, she knows IL Is so. y
no ought TO be; for if there Is any on
in the world that needs sympathy NOR
tLan another, it is an invalid chic
weary on the first mile Of LIES journey
carrying an aching head, weak side
an irritated lung. So the mother ougn
, to make him q favorite. GOD, GU
Mother. has favorites. Whom
!, the Lord loveth he chastenetn.
That is. one whom ne especl4h
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