The Laclede blade., 1906-08-04
Some Evening Revsries.


awhile, become a hurricane. Child
ish petulance will grow up into mis-
anthropy. Childish rebellion will de
velop into the lawlessness of riot an,
sedition.' Ifyou would ruin the child
dance to his every caprice and stuf
him with confectionery. Before 20,
are aware of it, that boz of six years
will go down the street, cigar in hii
mouth, and ready ON any corner with
his comrades to compare pugilistic at.
tainments. The parent who allowa
the child to grow up without having
learned the great duty of obedience
and submission has prepared a cup Of
burning gall for his own lips and ap,
palIing destruction for his descendant.
XXX
Every father and mother who reads
this paper and has child in the home
has enough on hand. A throne, a
crown, a scepter, kingdom under
charge. Be careful how you strike
him across the head, jarring the brain.
What you say to him will be centen-
NAL and millennial, and a hundred
years and a thousand years will not
stop the echo and re-echo. Do not
say, "It is only a child" Rather
say, "It is only an immortal" 1t is
only masterpiece of Jehovah. 1t is
only being that shall outlive sun
and moon and stars and ages quadril-
lennial. God has infinite resources
and He can give presents of great
value, but when He wants to give the
richest possible gift to household He
ooks around all the worlds and all
he universe and then gives a child.
The greatest present that God ever
rave our world He gave over nineteen
hundred years ago, and He gave 1t on
/ Christmas night, and it was of such
7alue that Heaven adjourned for a
,ecess and came down and broke
trough the clouds to look at it. Yea.
n all ages God has honored childhood.
lie makes almost every picture fail
re unless there be a child, either
laying on the floor or looking through
he window or sitting on the lap, gaz-
lg into the face of the mother.
Xxx
What absurd little things people
uarrel about. What trivial matters
ause ill-feeling in families. The NUT
IN being roasted too little or the beef
70 much; an opinion about the tenn
erature of the house; the style of cur
in that ought to be bought for the !
ont windows; the definition of a
ord; its pronunciation-are things
lat might be argued pleasantly about, ,
1t surely are not topics worth quar-
| when peace and goodwill are of so
UGH importance in the home. A q
tie ill-feeling is like seed that may
ow into large tree which will c
adow the whole house. Many men a
ID women must look back with re-
ct on the hasty work or the cold >
proach which was the enteringl
'dge that split the household in two, IL
d yet how few make a point Of ut b
ing the soft word that turneth tt
ay wrath. tt
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The home that possesses cheerful fl
fe and mother is not only verit- Ell
lie "haven of rest" but the safe har- te
r whose beacon light will guide her tt
lad winners safely past all rocks
shoals with unfailing certainty. II
9 woman whose cheerful spirit can h,
re that brave latitude toward life" N
It enables her to bear courageously y;
inevitable burdens of her ife's
that strengthens her de-
mination not to fret or worry those nc
D, for her sake, are fighting the M
d battles in the world, has reached NJ