The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-22
THE CHILD
AT HOME
Continued from Page g.

,ut OF your filial love and symnathv
!, las' that II should ever be otheryVlsa
nave seen an aged father made 10 do
nenlal work In the store OF a rich son. |
nave seen an aged mother sent up into ,
mean garnet In order to give room to ,
ather. I have known aged parents Ief,
m poverty and want, neglected by
nose VINO could and ought to have Civ
IN them every comfort and attenfion |
GU may have read the story Of the I'M
hnal. mlserly man. who. having gotten
WI ms tathers property into his own
possession. was about TO send him of
TO the poorhouse with a solitary blan-
Vet When ne was surprised TO see his
lo-year-oid boy seize the blanket and II
tearing u In two. keep one-half. giving
the other back TO the decreplt old man. II
ma when he demanded an explanation
ne boy said. Father. I am going TO
keep this half 20 give you when 7 get
oid enough To send you of TO the poor
mousse. The Jews. from whose wisdom
We may learn So much. insisted upon
reverence and respect for father and |
mother. ~ lay az the basis OF the old /
9atriarchal life. The Book Of Proverbs |
and Ecclesiastes are full OF exhorta-
lions To II and % denunciations OF it's !
negl set The tragedy OF King Lear
turns on the foul ingratitude OF Con-
eril and Regan in contrast with the
speeches.. yearning love OF Cordelia to
the very death. IL IL filial untenderness
VIII wrings from the old. heart-daz-
Ell. tempest-beaten king the agonizing
cry;
How shopper than a serpent's tooth 1t
To have thankless child!"
Nor Is II otherwise in history. Many Of
the most pathetic scenes in the records
81 human life turn on parental and
hlial love or its lack. The truest men
have never hesitated or blushed 20 give
public proof % their flial devotion. In
the life % President Garfield there Is
no one incident that will be longer or
more tenderiy remembered than that
little scene on the day Of his Inaugural
ton. In which ne showed such honor TO
his aged mother. When the last words
we're spoken and the ceremony was
ended. and he was the President OF n
great nation. and while the huzzas of
the vast throng were falling upon his
lear. and when the great Of the land
were pressing forward To speak their
congratulations. he turned away from
all this. 90 give the first thought Of
that supreme hour to n little aged and
worn woman who sat behind him. en-
circling her with his strong arm and
Kissing her II was the mother to whom
he owed all that he was. In the days
OF poverty she had toiled for him. She
had been both father and mother to
him She was plain and wrinkled and
Questionable. but she was his moth
or. and that hour his loyal. manly heart
honcred her above all the world. His
n not the only case. LIES history IL
not all written. There are other great
men. and many unknown TO fame.
who have shown the same reverence
and love for parents I'm their old age
md feebieneSs. There are noble
dc lighters. too. who have foregone the
JOYS offered To- them IN homes Of their
l own. refusing offers OF marriage and
blessing. that they might shelter and
surround with loves tenderness the
parents who filed their childhood with
sunshine. Are We" 10 may be asked.
"to honor parents who have proved
Themselves unworthy Of honor? Are
\ eruce IL due I answer there Is no
limit TO the command: IL does not say.
Honor thy father and mother only
when they do right" Parents love
their children In spite OF all their way
wardness and wrongdoing. Are chill
dren TO show no forbearance TO par
entsf Alas for earth II unworthiness
" to sever the bonds q love and duty.
knew % n son once. occupying high
place. whose father. also n man In
high place. had disgraced himself by
"a dark and evil deed. BY 10 ne forfeit
nj. The worid-so wicked and crimina
I'm itself. and yet so remOrselessly crue
!. 90 detected crime-forsoOk utterly th'
' guilty man. But his son did not Tor
sake him. lie took his disgraced, ruin
ed father into his house until he died
for hts sake he gave up all that makes
mo most sweet for his sake he remain
ed unmarried II was n noble exampl
lOf self-sscrihce.
The promise coupled with this com
mand holds good both 20 nations an
lirdfvtdualS The hOnortng OF parent
results In the realization Of characte
I That tends Co the lengthening OF one
ldavs SHOW me n boy" says a recer
n author. who loves his mother. and
III win show you one who viii make
v faithful friend. n noble lover. ana
fender husband. destined TO I've Ion
4, the land. show me a boy to whoi
. brme-tife has no attractions, becaus
!, Lac H. too slow and I Will show you OF
III ldeatined 90 be "a man never 10 De trus
ed with anything which constitutes u
happiness Of others. In .ne Vlu o,, ~ ~,
Mai DAYS OF Virginia a young boy wa
going to sea as a midshipman again
ms mother's will; but as he got IN
the boat ne saw his mothers tears, al
Inc turned back To her saying Fet
. back my trunk; am not going 20 pre-
u. nv mothers heart" George ga
Ms mother TO him. God has promis
A. bless the children who honor th'
- lparsnts and believe ne will Die
NJ YOU" That boy became George was
lirRton. first President OF the Unlt
states on the other hand' charac
s,r,,ed In the atmosphere Of disobe'
lence and disrespect has within IL the
elements % recklessness and ley
which tend Co the shortening OF III
And what Is true Of the lndlvldual
also true Of the nation. That poop
among whom the sacreahess
s.r,tt,s IDEAL Is maintained and childT
render obedience and honor 20 IN
parepts will always be nation
NO strength. retaining its hold upon
own possessions. and abiding long
the land. Some one has SAID that I
- command has been placed In the de-
ur- togue as IN 10 signify that respect
parents constituted one-tenth or
on sum total 90 human duty. IL mas %
my lot during the last few years
OF visit In very many homes. The streh'
-. 40 Of haWn