Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20


radical discourse will no doubt have is
practical result in many homesteads
tbrouehout Chris,eudom. The text was
/ samuel >: 10: Moreover his mother
made him a little coat, and brought It
to him from year 10 year, when she
came up with her husband to offer year
" sacrifice.
The stories Of Deborah and Abigail
are very apt 10 discourage a woman's
soul She says within herself: 1t is
impossible shat 1 ever achieve any such
grandeur Of character, and don't mean
10 try rs though child should re-
fuse TO play the eigh, notes because he
c9nnC. execute q William Tell This
HANNAH OF the text differs from the per
sons / just named She VS. an ordl-
nary woman. With ordinary intellectu-
nj capacity. placed in ordinary circum-
stances. and yet. by extraordinary pteJy,
standing out before ali The ages 10 come,
the model Christian mother. Hannah
was The wife OF Elkannah, who was
person very much Ike herSelf-unro-
-nanuc and plain. never having fought
q battle or been ,he subject OF
A MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.
Neither Of them would have been called
a genius. Just wha, you and l might
be. that was Elkannah and Hannah. The
brightest time in all the history OF that
family was the birth of Samuel. Al
though no star ran along the heavens
po.nlng down TO his birthplace l think
the angels of God stopped at the COM
ing of 50 wonderful a prophet. As sam
uel had been given in answer 10 prayer,
EClkaHnah and all his family, save Han
nah. started up 10 Shiloh TO offer sac
riices Of thanksgiving. The cradle
where the child slep, wGs alter enough
for Hanrah's grateful heart. but when
the boy was old enough she took HIM
to shiloh. and took three bu,lOcks and
an eDhah of -four and bottle OF w-ne,
and made offering Of sacrifice unto the
Lord. and there. according 70 a previous
vow. she left him; for there he was 10
STAY an the days Of MS life. and MIN
lister I'm 1he sanctuary. Years rolled on;
ana every year Hannah made With her
own hand O garment for STSGuel, and
-ook IL over TO HIM. The lad would
have cot along we'll wf,hout that Sar-
ment. for 7 suppose he was well CLAD
bv the ministry of the temple; but Han
nah could not be cOutented unless she
was lall The time doing something for
her darling boy. Moreover MS moth
er made him a little coat, and brought
81 20 d m from year 10 year, when she
came up with her husband 10 offer
THE YEARLY SACRIFICE
Hannah stands before You. then. to-
DIV. IN the first place, as an industrious
mother There was no need that she
work Elkannah. her husband was far
from poor. He belonged no a as
tirguished family: for the Bible tells us
that he was The son Of Jer0ham. the son
OF Elhu. the son Of TChu, the son OF
Zuph "Who We're they2' YOU say. l
Go not know. but they were distinguish
ed pe9ple. no doubt, or their names
would not have been mentioned. Han
nah might have seated herself IN her
family. and. with folded arms, and
diyheve,led hair. read novels, from year
10 year. If there had been any 10 read;
hut when / see her making thai gar
men- and taking Il over TO Samuel, l
know she IS industrious from principle
as we'll as from pleasure. God Would
not have a mother become a drudge or
a slave: he w0uld have her employ all
the helps possible In this day IN pne
rearing of her children. Bu- Hannah
ought never TO be ashamed 10 be found
making d coaafOr Samuel Most moth
e-5
NEED NO COUNSEL
I'm This direction. The wrinkles on their
b~,y the 1alIor on their cheek, the
,hfm5le-m8rk on their finger. attest that
,nrr are faithful i'm their maternal du-
Ties The bloom and the brightness and
the vivacitv of girlhOod have given place
IN the .grander Dignity and usefulness
and industry of motherhood. But there
is q beathenish idea getting abroad in
some of the families OF Americans; there
are mothers who Danish themselves
from tbe home circle. For three-tourths
o. their maternal duties hey prove them
selves incompetent. They are gnoranL
of what their children wear, and what
their children eat and what their chill
dren read. They entrus- 10 irresponsi-
hle DersOns these young immOrtalS, ana
allow them 10 be under influences which
may cripple their bodies, or faint their
qflritv or spoil their manners. or destroy
rboir souls. From the awkward cut OF
S9mueTs coat YOU know his mother Han
nah did not make it. Out from under
flaming chandeliers. and off from I'M
Stairs there is coming q crowd of children
in this day. unframed, saucy, incompe-
+enr for an the practical duties of life,
ready 20 De caught in the first whirl OF
CRIME AND SENSUALITY.
INDECENT and unfaithful mothers will
make ipdOlent and unfaithfUi children.
vou cannot expect neaness and order
i'm any house where The daughters see
nothing bu- slaternlneSs and UPSIDE
dowua.ivcness in their parents. Let
Hannah be idle and most certainly sam
mel viii grow up idle. Who are the in
dus-rious men in an our occupations
and 1rofess.ons9 Who are they manag-
iro- rha merchandise of the world, bUld-
inc he walls. timing The roofs weay-
inc The carpets. making the laws, gov
erning the nations. making the earth
quake and heaye and roar and rattle
with the tread Of g.gandc enterprises?
Who are they? For he most part, they
descended from Industrious mothers.
who. in the old hCmesJoadd, used 10 spin
their own warm. and weave their own car
pes. and plait their own door mats. and
fse their own chairs. and do their own
work. The s.alwart men and the infu-
eu.iaf women of this day, ninejy-nine
...,s , r,-r~r1 Of sbeun came from