The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-01-31

rome. llelr little 10y SAYS ia. I
Fou missed pa head. but you gave
tie motto hail Columbia Often
TIE only question to be decided in
that home is. who shall have the
boy and the court is asked 10
decide IT, God pity the woman who
has set her heart on much that is in
modern society.
TO THE SICK.
II Is a grand. good and beautiful
thing TO minister to the sick-to the
wants OF those laid low By affliction.
and doubtless there is not a human
being but will acknowledge this tact.
but IL never so forcibly strikes Us as
when We. ourselves. are lying prOstrst /
ed By disease How many times have
We. when suffering almost unbearable
pain. or tossing with burning fever.
resolved that II We ever did get well
AgAin. Ne would do all We could for
the sick It IL a sad pity that with
returning health our good resolutions
oftentimes fee away. It Is not expect
ed that busy mothers be Florence
NightingaIes. TO 90 out and nurse
wounded soldiers. and indeed this Is
not At all necessary. for they can
find sick ones nearer. In almost ev-
cry neighborhood there Is one per
haps more. whose well days are over.
They are usually spoken OF as invz-
Ids. and % accustomed are We TO
their being sick that We oftentimes
seem indifferent TO their suffering and
confinement But to them IL never
grows old and much is the good.
right here. that ve can do. Many
and varied are tie ways that Ne
can help them. these unfortunate
ones. In fact. anything which We ma
do for them in love. viii be sure To
be appreciated and will be seed sovn
In good ground A bunch Of flowers.
a new book or magazine. a dainty
morsel from our table. all OF these
are trifles. but may brighten up their
dreary lives: and Their We should
visit them or II they live at a dis
lance Ne should write them a tender.
sympathetic. though cheerful letter.
1.-THE HUMAN HEART.
The subject Of hearts IS one that
gets very near to US all The heart
is the center OF all our feelings. II
is the scale in which Ne weigh The
acts o. our friends. and ought 10
weigh our own. II is the bar al
which We judge our enemies It Is
the fountain head Of all our thought.
and deeds. II is the safe deposit
where We treasure Up all the sNeei
memories Of the past. and the tab
lei on which Is marked the scars o
iH-usatment. Il is the cartain q IN
IHtle craft in which we journey
down the stream OF life. Il IS tn
dwelling place OF the soui-ihat in
dsstruetihle spiritual lie that dEeil
aithin Us
There are glad hearts and sal
hearts. and hearts that are brOkln
Did You ever think that no human
being vas ever bora whose dsstiG'
uas rot linked with the heart o
some one eiss. There Il the nlothsr'
: solicitude for her child: the heart /
its abiding place. The two hearts sr
bound together BY the tender cord
Of affection. and NJ distahee thai
separates them can break this bind
ing force.
The head is receptacle in wnici
to store knowledge: the heart is
monitor that directs that knowledge
The glad hearts, How welcome the,
are in this old world, The hearts
that wear a smiling face and extend
the glad hand, They scatter sun
shine wherever they go. They in
spire us with good thoughts aud 'h'
desire to DO noble things They smeo'
down the rough places in life. The
remove the Obstacles frOm our paths
aud sweeten the pleasures OF this oh
world.
II Then there are the hearts that
are sad. and appeal 10 our cmpa
Ithies. They water their own heart
with their tears aad koep alive sh'
spirit OF love aud compassion.
They. too. have their 0od-sive
rurpoaeA
And what shall We SAY 70 the aoh
ing h,arssl The mothers heart 'he