Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-01-25

''I'lie strong youth plays his strenuous part
His mother waits alone, <--..,.. =, !
And soon he finds another heart,
The mate unto his own.
She gives him up in Joy and woe,
He takes his young brides hand, g.
His mot ther murmurs, Will he know
And ever understand?
When will he know
love him SO;
When VIII he understand?
| The strong man fights his battling days,
: The fight is hard and grim,
His mothers plain, old-fashio ed ways
Have little charm for him.
| The dtmness falls around ier years, :.
The shadows around her stand,
She mof1rns in loneliness and tears,
He'll never understand.
He'll never know
loved him so;
| He'll never understand
bearded man OF serious years
Bends down above the dead,
And rains the tribute OF his tears
Over an old gray head.
He stands the open grave above,
Amid the IN Mourning bands,
| And now he knows bis mothers love,
! And now he understands.
Now doth he know
: She loved him 80,
And now he understands.
But how much happier would have
been that mother and how much more
glorious their twilight years, if he had
understood and appreciated while she
lived. Brothers, let US not forget that
we are our brothers keeper to the ex-
teEt OF our power and influence, and le,
us not forget that we have the power
the wonderful power, to awaken either
tht worst or the best ia man and woman
with whom we associate and the better
We are, the nobler, the more unselfiah,
the greater our power to inspire what ID
good in our fellows. .<~
The speaker then. brought out by ar
gunent and illustration The wonderful
power OF influence we exert over other
peoples lives. ne showed how we in
fiuence for good or for evil and how the
influence for good or evil which we ex.
ert over Others is undying. Hence the
necessity; il we would be true brothers,
for each one OF Us to see to it that our
influence with our children is toward
God and his righte BUSINESS. to see to it
that no son or daughter OF ours can
in after life look back and say Ii father
and mother had only set me the exam
pie believe that should be different
now. And l think that it would be well
with Us who mingle with men and with
boy s and girls every day to remember
that orr words and deeds have an un-
told influence upon the lives of those
around us, and that God would have US
do nothing that would give our friends
and neighbors the right to say, you
tempted me by this bad example. We
should not give them chance to say as
come, / saw you where you ought not
to be, you were a man OF influence. I
thought if you could be there I could.
But / found the spirit Of dissipation too
strong for me and now am an outcast
upon the society OF the world.
Our memorial service naturally as
sociates itself with the closing up Of LIES
great account, and the passing from
this world to the next. OF how many
ef us, when that trial hour comes, with
all it's retrospects OF life, and all it's
heart searchings San these blessed words
be spoken: "He did unto others as he
would be done BY" How many of us
are striving righteously and. praying
earnestly that it may be said of. us:
"You were on Gods side in the strife of
life; your influence has been to draw Y
others heavenward."
And aow msy we not learn from
this az the lesson OF the hour that the
duty of all the living is to make the
world better place in which to live
to sweeten the moral atmosphere by the
fragrance OF your life. to fash sunshine
into homes that are dark, to make
glad the heart of the> borrowing and
stimulate hope in the despairing. 49,
I know of what I:speak when. I say
that the premium which God offers for
spiritual development is usefulness, en-
couragement, helpfulneas; that only he
who does good can be godly. We must
communicate the light in our own lives
to Others if we would exemplify charity
in our lives and speak good cheer by
our influence to our brothers. And Sc
! say. carry the principles Of your. orde,
into your daily life. While you may
provide aud ought to provide for tn.
future, don tleaye out the Kindly min