The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-21

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lnt his sadened face and nrunrnfal
expresslin robbed the words re ut
tered of force and meaning as he said
Don't worry II tie g.rl; it II come
put all right yet"
Some one has said that he trle
est of love is the willingness TO en-
lure and suffer TO- ano;her: thar it is
the suffering element that measures
love, and that characters tia, ara
great murt of necessity be characters
strong 10 endure for offers; hat ito
hold our nature in the willing ssry &C
IF another Is the divine idea Of man
hoods Unques ionaaly the average
parent would successfully. meet the
test even as II was met by the faith
81 IL Nan Pa tcrson. Children seldom
9pprecia rs the parents love, Doubt
less Mai Patterson has learnd 70 APP
1rciate II. just as many other way
ward siElsahave learned it in the past
iust as mary other girls WI learn
u nthe fH 0re.
No human pen can accurately de
Grille that l9ve. Ii is wonderfully
elastic and as child after caild IS born
INTO tho family, covers them all. CIV
ing the same portion to the newborn,
while Aessening none of that enjoyed
by the d hers. The good mother who
when asked which Of her children she
loved the hes: said The one WAC s
Sick, p0mted out in d happy way the
MY difference a parent can feel in his
attitude toward his children. We love
BEST gthe enc who is sick" We love
st sthe one who is crippled in body
We feve best the one who has some
readiness. for which he is nor en-
trely responsible: we love best the
1ue who has fallan, even though he
fell as Nan Patterson fell, even though
he doors Of soc ely be closed against
rim. even though all but the hope Of
heaven has been den ed him.
Don't worry, little girl. 1t will come
out all right, vet" said Nan Pat er-
sons father; and with all Of ner
faults, she was his little girl then.
she Is his little girl now. and She
viii be his little girl until the end
The faithful father best remembers
This daughter as she was when indeed
d little girl. Although she has grown
into womanhood there il always in he
fathers mind portrait Of the little
girl ID frocks; there is always a pic
ture OF the little innocent play ng--
or praying at the mothers knee.
rha- little gil mav have met the
Grid ana hem ri'querad by the
world her friends one by one may
have turned from her; she may ave
fallen even as Nan Patterson fell.
but at thu critical monen the males
Of parental love asserts itself. the
divine idea of manhopa' Is manifested
All the critical moment the love Ct the
parent for the child Is supreme and
arm n arm The devoted father and
1.-THE hayward daughter face a frown-
| ing world and walk together through
| the dark valley. tnepue loving as he
always loved. the other appreciative
of that majestic affection perhaps for
/ the first time in her life.
All theworid loves a lover; II smiles
1.-THE sweethearts gathered at the try
sting place; ii mods approval when
the husband and wife grow day by
ay into a fonder and holier union:
/ II. adm.res the manly devotion of
brother Ito sister; it respects the af-
lection Of friend for friend; it is in
spired blythe loyeiight in the mothers
eyes when she bends over the cradle
OF her babe. 1t must stand uncov-
red In the presence OF thai parental
love axeinpliaed in the Nan Patterson
ease for that S the true reflection
of love shown BY the Savior Of mem
that 3 The spirit which lowered over
he manager at Bethlehem. made Geth-
senlane endurable and Calvary pos
i iibte. Greater love taan his hath
i no man
, Painters have sought to paint love
upon canvass; poets have tried TO pic
ture II in verse; dramatists have en-
| leayored 10 describe il in play. But
, t S not a hing to be shown in picture
Or in. words II was man Tested IN all
/ s majesty when the Nazarane cried:
!, ! Ii is finished, and s'aco then it has
Aeen shown in the palaces Of The rich
nd in the novels Of the poor where
evcr good parents love for his caild
has been pus to the Test
II Is q nifty that Ole man PaItersons
little grl' fell; it Is pity that the
hearts Of her parents We're broken; Il
III d pity thai the happiness q a good
wife was wrecked by the folly 81
Caesar Yor1g and the weakness q
! he girl who yielded it is pity thai
! he public must be inflicted with this
'eafs Of such case But Il wouls
Ne wDrtl all the tears and all thu
grief and all the 10 and trouble i
he plain moral presented throughout
this affair could be written indelibli
. upon the heart Of eyery other man''
little girl in all this wide, wide
world.
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