Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-15
about her. Heroic measures were nc>-
cSsary to make her see thst

about her. Heroic measures were nce-
csssry to make her see thst
Pleasures are like reoases spread.
You seixe tHc flower. It's bloom H. shed.
Like the grass that witsers WITH the
coming Of the fall.
A last risisa rises Me- re me; t..ai
o. a Jewish mother. There vi, = time
when the Jewish mother, like the
jewish home, was psoverb.al for all
that was good and grand. Indeed the
Jewish home wss what 10 was because
a Jewish mother had made IL sneh. /
can still see that old Jewish mother,
but | scarce find her GU the picture
that now confronts NY gaze. sse 4
woman. It's true, WHO is exceedingly
careful OF her children, who worries
about them and rejoiees in every
honor that ONE TIC them. She spends
hour dreaming Of their future, pre-
pairing 20 IL, toe. f. she not all 4
mother could be- OF course, her house
hold responsibility tell on her. She
must have some re sreatlop. She will
entertain some friends one right. How
oh. cards. | suppose. The children are
stlll up and watching and listening,
perhaps participating. Oh, wei, II
won't matter. The next day some new
recreation must be found. Household
duties do not claim her. She must
wander about. That night sne must
attend the meeting OF her regular card
club. The children are by themselves.
Oh well. II won't matter. Because a
woman's a wife aud mother. would You
deny her pleasure? The grass withers
and the flower fades. Only the word
OF God stands forever.
or course, friends, l have a purpose
in drawing these pictures for you. |
do not do so to paint things in gloomy
oolors or make you think life has all
n narrowing aspect. | know these
drawings illustrate perhaps not a rule,
rather exceptions; but they illustrate
truth. nevertheless, and you know it.
Truth that II is at times we'll TO have
brought to our attention: truth that IL
Is timely to have brought to our atten-
ton now. We are entering on a new
| year. Try as we may. we can no more
bring back the year that is gone; but
we can remember 1t, nay. we find It
hard to forget il. What a year II has
been, II all comes before us now and
speaks to us in tones clear and re
sonant. And what does II tell us?
/ L mat hOWeNtE We HdNS 1iNCu uHa WbeA
ever We have done, there Is room for
change. We have all made our mis-
takes, little or large. Perhaps not
those | have described, but Others
which they may suggest. We have all
tried to build on shifting sands. We
have sought the grass and the flower.
forgetting that like the years that come
and 60. they too fade away and disap-
pear. We have sought the attractive.
though temporary. things OF life, while
all along. before US. around us and
about us, God has put TIE real, the best
the eternal things and we ha7e not
seen them. We have had conscience,
hut we have NOT used IL; reason, but we
have forgotten it; eyes we have, but
see not: ears, but hear not. Alb, well,
friends, let the dead past bury Its dead.
, Rise now from the retrospect with good
memories, yes. but strong determine
ton and resolution too. Cast aside
the deeeiving things OF life and cling
fast to those only that are worth the
willie. Turn over a new leaf and be
gin the new year well. Be strong and
OF good courage. and may God in his
Infinite mercy and kindness, help you
to become the men and women you
ought to be. va