Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-11-03


nature, He became obstinate and ugly
The more you beat him tho more OBJ
stinate and mulish he grew. The rod
and the rebuke never made your child
bend his Will to your will.
But what happened when your wife
went to your boys room? All, she re-
Gagged the snarling tiger and tho kick
ing mule in his hearth She let free the
lamb OF his better nature. When she
first went In his eyes were blazing
with rage. His teeth were gritting to.
gether Ills hands were clinched He
was rapidly walking up and down the
room. Up and down he went When
your wife FIRST entered he would not
look at her. But up and down he walk.
ed. up and down Then he said:
Mother. I am going to leave home.
am not going TO college. I am not 60.
ing to let father give me another cent
I am too big to be whipped, and he
might as well know It now and once
for Nil. Mother. hate him. hate
father because know father has no
love for me-" What did your wife do ?
Did she begin to scoid2 Oh. no! She
simply went up to her boy and put her
arm lovingly around his neck and said:
Harry. Why, Harry Are you going
to leave me7 Would you leave your
mother? Oh, my boy. you know not
what you are saying" The boy start
cd. The tears began to flow. lie never
even whirnpered under your blows, but
with his mother he just sobbed like q
little child. Then she took his head
upon her breast and begun to gently
talk to him She told him how anxious
you were 10 see him grow up 10 be
good and true and brave. She told him
thot you had right to expect obcdi.
ence from him and that 1t grteved you
to have TO punish him. And while che
talked his heart melted. and ne was "a
soft as wax In her hand. That night
in the quietudc OF your room your wife
said: Husband. never strike that boy
again You VIII rue The day that you
DO You can get Harry to do anything
If you are only gentle with him. But
strike him. and some day he will either
strike you back or leave home in anger
forever"
Gen.ieners win Win.
We all know thet It is only by gentle
over our loved ones. Yet, strange 70
say when anything goes wrong at the
store or In the home and We hose or
tenpers we nearly always turn our an
ger against cur own children or orU own
wives or our own husbands or our own
brothers and sisters. If the cook is
mean and suddenly leaves Us in the
iurch or the laundryman ruins our best
washed dress or we become fougued
from tho spring or the fall house clean
ing or our clerks cheat us at the store
then we are very apt to vent our dis
pleasure upon our helpless children or
our wives or husbands, who have done
nothing. The domestic squalls and up
heavals are often due entirely to out
side causes and not TO inside dlssen-
sions. Now. my friends, let Us one and
all learn to guard against speaking
harsh words against those we love
Let US deal gently with those who are
by our side and who are bound to us
by the strong ties Of domestic affec
tions.
Remember that in the influence oi
the gentle life In the home We can
serve God just as truly In the small
things and IN the little duties as in the
great. In the effort TO appreciate va
rioua forms of greatness" wrote Ed
4 r
underestimate the value Of a simple
good LIE Just TO be good, to keep life
pure from degrading elements, TO make
1t constantly helpful III lltue ways &c
those who are touched by It to keep
ones spirit always sweet and avoid al
manner of petty anger and irritability
that Is an ideal as noble as it is din
cult" But that is an ideal which God
will let MS all reach IL We daily go &c
him IN prayer, That is an ideal we all
should try to reach. for IN order Ia
have our loved ones spiritually sweet
we must set them an example and
avoid all manner of petty anger aad
irritability. We ourselves must learn
by practice to be true types Of the
Christians gentle life,
Deal gently with father. mother, hus
band, wife, brother, Sister and child
Yes, but the text goes further than
this. 1t bids us deal gently with those
who are fighting us and our work be
cause they do not see conditions as We
see them We should deal gently with
our enemies as well as our friends
with our defanors and with those who
are doing all they can to destroy us
In the great coliseum of the world :
struggles we should never do as did
the ancient aristocrats, brutal lied by
the spectacle Of the gladiatoriai com
bat. When the victor in one OF these
fierce fights had beaten his foe TO the
earth, he looked up TO tho ST ectAtors
! for signal 10 tell him IL his PROSTATE
enemy was 10 be killed or to have
mercy shown him. Then even women
30 far forgot the tenderness of theii
sex as to turn down their thumbs
which was the signal 10 finish the
wounded man. We should always lHt
our thumbs up We should not give
the signal TO destroy" We should
signal always ito save" no matter
how much the PROSTATE foe may hate
US and our work. IL this Pauline com
mAndInent bids young Timothy 10 bt
gentle with his friends, 1t siso com
mands him To deal gently with his
enemies
Thousands OF men are ready 10 sa.