The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-21
Keen elise t. Your Children.
lice Hn1liltOn Rich. Interior.

Blessed IS that man or woman VINO
never ceases to be a child mere =
no better cure-all for physical ills; no
cosmetic like it for wrinkles. FOR the
,.o,7no-old man or woman there are
still what I call wrinkles, love wrin kles,
which laughter and good fellowship
Gather into corners Of eyes and mouth.
We often see the child and hi grand
sire companions, but there Is no reason
why there should he a gap between,
long waiting for extremes to meet,
Side by side mother and daughter, or
father and son. or yicN rrrs0, may Jour
nev through life. The smooth pebble
the child picked up from the bed Of
brook is as worthy the attention Of the
father as the gold which in sweat Of
brow and strain Of nerve he mines
from the busy mart and that chlldl 81
hand holding the pebble may slacl;en
the tension Of nerve ard wipe the
sweat from the brow while together
tbev marvel over the bit OF stone
which the water, like a cunning work
man. has made into a polished stone,
no less 4 level that man has not put
lpon it a market value. The true val
ne Of ,hing- Is not always gagged by
the man or woman The child long
ago found the philosophers stone
which turns the laser metals into gold.
Alas. that man revcrses the process,
and the true gold becomes the bascr
metal. and the wine Of life the poison
Of deatli The further we get from
childhood the greater distance between
ourselves and cod 1t Is quite com
mon for us to speai. Of Jesus rs a lover
of children. but do we not forget that
God had the father and mother heart ?
MAY | be permitted to say that child
hood was in the heart Of God from all
eernity?
Suppose we were to enter house
knowing nothing of the inmates. and
should find III every room something
dear to the hearts Of children IN the
parIOr pictures Of children, flower fan
cies. heads IF animals, and IL a corner
chiId's tor in the library children.
books. as "Grimm's Fairy Tales,
cAlice in Wonderland" or .'Timothy',
Quest = il the dining room, on the
sideboari. il silver cup, marked ID. a
r., from Papa" and q baby's bib folded
in a napkin ring Climbing the stair
we enter nursery. to see in one cor
ner a swinging basket cradle, and
double crib. with its two downy pil
lows. and perhaps tunhled spread
would we need 10 be told there Wer
children III the mouse? Would we no
be certain that Il father or mothe
heart. probably both, had prepared al
things. beautiful and needful, for tn
children? Gods world is heaven 70
children. Men and women may picl
flaws and quarrels with the creation
forgetting or ignoring the blasphem
of which they are guilty; but til
childs finds perfection, satisfaction, i
cloudland, earth-land, the water way.
with their creature 1nhabitant, an
almost intinitv Of productions. minera
and vegetable Could the mind {
God have planned all these without tn
thought OF the child. who most pei
fectly enters into the kingdom of God
No wonder Jesus, who knew the heal
of his Father. said "Of such is til
kingdom Of God" He did not say &c
my kingdom but Goods kingdom
yet we may remember also his words
Il and my Father are one"
Are we teaching our children. az
we remembering ourselves, the tende
ness, the lovingness Of God2 Have
wandered from my subiect-Kee
close to the heart of your children?
think not.
Men OF business, living in office {
store until home is scarcely more tina
memory woman in society, wit
children turned to the arms Of a nurs
for love as well as care student OF thu
OlOgy. seeking evidence of divine re,
citation. as If the Creator needed huma
hands to certify of the existence Of