The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-07-10


| Masters side, and in his childish in
nocency he had drunk in the Saviour's
words and felt the Divine impress on
his tender, sensitive little heart. He
| was not too young to love mamma
and papa. He was not too young to
| love this, the Dearest Friend Who
had ever come into their happy home.
Two reasons why the little ones in
the home do not truly know and love
Jesus: No room is made in the home
for Jesus, and the parents do not
devoutly and faithfully direct the lit
tie feet to His side. The Bible may
be on the shelf or even in our hands
for the few minutes of perfunctory
reading; the stereotyped prayer may
fall from our moving lips while the
heart is buried in the affairs of this
world, but Jesus is not there. He
only comes where room is made for
Him. Will you not make room for
Him SO that the little ones may come
! to know Him, too? On the walls Of
the home l love best hangs this motto:
Christ Is the Head of This House.
The Unseen Guest at Every Meal,
The Silent Listener to Every Converse
| ton"
And knowing the blessedness of HIS
presence since we made room for
Him and receive from Him daily
portion before beginning the duties
of the day, we would rather part
with any treasure than miss the
blessing He alone can give. Make
room for Jesus in the home and then
daily lead the little ones to Hill,
where His benediction and blessing
may rest upon them. Talk with them
about Jesus, and chords will be set
to vibrating in their lives which will
never cease throughout eternity. Be-
gin the day with Jesus, and often it
will close with the eager plea as the
tired little head rests upon it's pill
low: Mamma, tell me that story
about Jesus again. And as the
dropping eyelids and gentle breath
ing sweetly announce that slun4ber'
land has been reached we finish our
story of Jesus and leave the little
one in His arms to rest.
Lessons from the Little One.-Up
into the face of the Master the little
one gazes in loving wonder, little
realizing he has been lifted to the
pinnacle of greatness in the King
dom of Heaven. True greatness never
realizes it's greatness. The essence
of true greatness in the Kingdom OF
Heaven is childlike humility, which
sees. only the Lord and accords Him
first place and loving service. One
of the distressing hindrances to the
work of the Lord to-day is the sune
spirit which was displayed in tile Sis.
cussion of these disciples as they
journeyed by the way, and which VIC
are now so ready to condemn and
wonder at.
But first of all note the development
of our Saviour's sermon, as recorded
by Matthew, in the eighteenth chap
, ter of his Gospel. Having set the chile
in their midst, Jesus goes on to say:
"Verily, l say unto you, Except ye b.
converted, and become as little chill
dren, We shall not enter into the King
dom of Heaven" Not question after
, all of position in the Kingdom, bu
the vitality important one of first get
ting into that Kingdom. These words
. of Jesus are addressed, not to stran
> gers to Him, but to the disciples VIII,
, have left all and followed Him.
) "Peter, / have called you from you,
fishing nets to make of you fshel
of men. You have heard and obeyet
: my first call, but the fact that you ar,
concerned about yourself and are seek
f ing the chief seat in the Kingdom j.
/ evidence that you as yet do not reall,
: belong to my Kingdom. Except ye b.
r converted and become as little chill
t ye cannot enter into my Kingdom.
? Take Heed.-Jesus has led step b
f step from the little one in their mids
:, into His Kingdom, and now He is read
e to give them glimpse into a beauti
t full mystery of that Kingdom, and H
e prefaces it by solemn, Take heed.
"Take heed that ye despise not on
J. of these little ones; for say unto you
that in Heaven their angels do alway
e behold the face of My Father whic
: is in Heaven" When Jesus says "Tak
t heed" there is a solemn import in Hi
v words. And with the eternal interest
$ of one of His precious little ones i
e the balance, there is no mistaking tn
d intensity of His meaning. Two stril
J. ing conditions mark the attitude Of tn
5 present age towards childhood. Neve
h was so much, thought and effort pu
t forth in behalf of the little ones, an
d never before were little ones so unwe
v come in the home. Never before weI
j. children so little home-trained and S
). over-trained outside the home as t.
: day. Parents seem content to relegat
{. the secular and religious training {
9 their children to those outside til
:. home, who are not directly intereste
h in them, and the mothers knee an
n the mothers Bible, the little home tas
Il and the patient training of the chi
n dren into Industrious habits are fa
Il becoming only memories of the pas
Il Never before was there so much net
N of raising our voices against the'
L blighting tendencies, and earnest
= and solemnly repeating the words