The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14
SOMETHING TO THINK OF.

As I sit in my room, this beautiful
evening, my thoughts go out to the
many homes of comfort, perhaps of
luxury, that our beloved lei. G. enters
every week, bringing recreation and
and beautiful thoughts TO the in
mates. Homes filed with happiness
and love, with father and mother,
young men and maidens, and dear
little children. The father thinks of
his we'll filed granaries, and the
mother of the soft, warm clothing
that she has to shield her darllDgs
from the PIERCING winds. It warns
ones heart TO contemplate the pic
ture /; but there is another one, not
so beautiful, that it behooves every
parent TO look at, if they expect to
stand up yonder before the great
white throne and hear the swell
done, good and faithful servant
think I can safely say that there
are five hunIred childless homes.
into which this paper will 60, that
would be hspp or for the presence of
a little child in it. There are one
thousand men and women who would
never miss the food and clothing
that would make some little ones
heart sing for y. And the training
of one such little child tor the Mas
ter would bring them joy than
the concentrated wealth of the uni
verse. They sometimes tell me they
cannot take the responsibility. Dear
friends, Can we take the responslbll-
ity of not doing it, if we have the
means? PERHAPS some mother has
laid her last little one away in the
ohurohyard. The little white COT is
empty /; tho clothing is folded away
with the little worn shoes. Every
day she goes and looks at the gar
ments that still bear the impress of
the tiny arms, and thinks with fierce
agony, chat no one shall ever touch
them, but if the precious little angel
GOULD speak, she would say Take
some other little one, mother, for
whom Christ died; give it the care
you would have given TO me Train
il to do my work. Let it wear my
clothes and sleep on my little bed,
and take my place to comfort you in
old age" There need be no fear
that you will not love the child of u
stranger, for Omnipotent Love has
so constituted us that we simply
can't help loving anything we are
kind to. Some of you have ample
means and only child. The little
one often begs for some, hing to
amuse him. If you were 80 get him
u companion to love him, what les
SONS of love, and patience, and an
selfish -fOrDearance your child might
learn from him. The experience
would be worth more than thousands
of dollars in bank stock, as the one
GOULD Do swept away in u moment
the other will continue TO bear fruit
till the angel shall proclaim that
slime shall be- NJ more. Parents, you
shat have means TO crafty every
desire of your children, will you not
persuade them to deny themselves
something and send an Offering to
the managers OF some orphan asylum
Perhaps they + looking wish dis
may on the cunning visitor when
they have SO many little helpless
ones to feed and Clothe. Remember
that what we do for others is all We
Will have 20 think Of with pleasure,
when old aye comes. What we have
spent in selfish qualification will be
as vanity of vanlties. l may not be
able to persuade many of you 60 take
me of these helpless ones into your
home to love and care for, as you
would desire someone to do for your
child, but if I can make n of you
see it as l do, my labor will not be in
vain. Take time TO think the mat
ter over, and may the loving Savior
who took little children up in HIS
arm and blessed them, influence
your decision in this most important
matter.-Mrs. A A Watkins, Man,
son, N. c., in Practical Farmer.
DON'T BIZ A DRUDGE,