Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-10-20

girls failure who is trying for the
prize in the schoolroom. 1t commences
with the disappointments of the play
ground. 1t commences with those lit
tie youthful sorrows and trials which
the boy and, the girl can tell to no one
but mother. Yes the mothers comfort
which is given to the young folks is
an all important comfort. 1t is such
necessary comfort that many of us,
when we were young, often could not 60
to sleep because of our weeping until
we heard her foot moving across our
bedroom floor and felt her gentle hand
upon our cheek and heard her soft
voice saying: Never mind, my boy!
1t will come out all right. l will speak
to your papa about the matter, and
know he will let us do what you want"
| God pity the man who never had the
gentle influence of comforting mother
| during the days of childhood or of
young manhood! God pity the boy
who never knew the holy joy of having
his tears wiped away by a mothers
| hand after he had been hurt upon the
background!
| The Boys Divine Friend.
God, as the divine mother, today
wants to be the companion and the
| comforting friend and savior of all
the boys and the girls and the young
| folks. AS Christ once turned and re-
buked his disciples, who tried to crowd
away the young people from his side,
and said, Suffer the little children to
come unto me, and forbid them not
for of such is the kingdom of heaven"
so today he bids the children come to
him, and Chamber up into his lap, and
nestle as little lambs against the warm,
loving heart of the Good Shepherd.
Christ today longs to be the divine
friend of the boy swinging the bat,
and of the girl dressing the doll, as
well as the divine friend of the young
men and women in the school
and college. Do you realize. oh,
mother. that God loves your children
with love more intense than that
which fills your heart? If you have not
made your children understand this, if
you have never sought to impart to
them the sweet fellowship and holy
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him, you have been derelict in your
duty, you have not really consecrated
them to Christs service. Teach them
how tenderly God loves them, and they
will learn to love, honor and trust him
as they love. honor and trust you
Comforter of the Sinner.
The Divine Being is like mother,
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comforter of all who have gone astray
When a man does wrong and persists
in doing wrong, nearly all the world
will turn against him. First, as rule
the sinners retribution is found in his
employers anger, when he is dismissed
from the store. When a man has sin
ned once, or even twice, his employer
may forgive him. But when he ap
pears at the store intoxicated the thirt
or fourth time then comes the per
emptory order that he must go at one,
to the cashiers office and receive wha
is owing him and forever leave tn,
establishment. Then his friends ar,
apt to turn against him. Then hi
brothers and sisters and children ant
|
But though nearly all the human rae
will turn against sinner. as rule
there is one human being if she i
alive, who will never cease to reacl
after the prodigal. That person. as yol
all know before l speak her name, j
the sinners mother. The young mai
may sin not only seven times, but sew
| ont I,a I,o
less in the eyes of the world that al
| his old friends may come to that moth
! er and say her son is not worth bein
, saved. he may be so useless tina
! even the father may order the son GU
of the home and dsown and dsinheri
, him, but the mother will cling and cor
( tinue to cling to her boy. If she though
3 that thereby she could give her son on
! more chance for repentance, she woul
: sell the clothes out of her wardrobe
\ necessary, she would move out of he
I fine home and go to work, she woul
] sell her jewelry and even her weddin
s ring. She would go to the extent {
p giving up her life if she could onl
n save her boy.
= In imagination we can picture
t scene the like of which is nightly ha]
f pening in thousands of homes 1t
), about 2 or 3 o'clock in the mornin
u All the rooms are darkened in IL
u home except one. There the light
V steadily burning in the bedroom. Ever
II little while woman, prematurely grs
@ and feeble on account Of mental su
d fering. comes to the window and rails
IS the curtain and places an anxious ia,
+ against the pane. Then she goes bat
n to a chair and wrings her hands. The
N she kneels by her sofa and offers &
e earnest prayer. She cries and begi
If to put on her hat and cloak. The M;
b. who is sleeping in the bed is reused
" the opening of the closet door. and
is says: Mother, why don't you come
al bed? 1t is useless for you to fret al
70 cry away your life over that worthle
ID boy" "Oh. husband" she answers,
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