Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-02-17

II tet. 10 MT g ta"tner in thtt
direc in with tn ,se httle ones fol.
lowing you. rney look 10 your
'accs aud ask the way. rhey see
your tracks aud folloy.
"A father com NJ iuto his home
some time ago heart nis little boy
and little girl rrelliny a. IL
they were goiug to tight He sud f:
"Why children, why are you quar-
reiing so with each other?" The
h,tle by smiliuyiy replied: "Whv
papa, we are not qusrreling in earn.
eat; we are just playing papa ani
mammt" Those little fellows hat
hesrd something. If we watch our
little fcllo Ss, we will see them
playing papa aud m ANNA i'm mere
ways than one.
read OF story of Baptist
minister who was making one of
his PASTORAL visits where he founl
little boy who had his hair clip
ped close from the top Of his head -,
presenting most comical pict ire,
which called for the following ex
planatlon by his mother: "The
II tie fellow got hold of my scis
sors yesterday, and the first thing |
knew he had clipped his hair off
the top or his head, aud VIII N 1
asked him why he dii it he re-
piled with an air OF victory: MAKE
my head like pap's head" " His
father was bald headed man.
How often we find boys head
like his fathers head.
There is story of man who
went swimming with hi. two BOYS
N one of our rivers. He had one
on each side of him swimming out
toward the current of the river.
Away out In the current the father
called halt and advised a return,
but as hey turned TO 60 back to
the shore the waters proved too
swift, the distance too great, and
the two boys sank by his side. He
swan TO the shore, piteously cry
ing: "My boys are gone" He said +,
"The mistake | made was, / swan
out too far with the boys" | am
talking To men who are swimming
out into the current of social lite
and amusements with their bright
boys at their side. Some of these
days they will call halt and start
back to the shores of sobri.ty and
piety; but the boys will be ciried
nt " ia
walk the shores Of life sad anu
lonely, breathing from their broken
hearts the siddest Of all sentences.
"My boys are gone! Stop, my
brother. Come back to God today
Bring those bright boys with you
Don't 90, father, into the current
of worldllness. When the devil
robs boy the last thing he take.
are the earl y Impressions made by
lis father and mother.
When Mr.. Gladstone and Mr..
Talmage were talking over the
great international questions, Mr.
Gladstone flashed his intelligent
eye upon the great preacher and
said; EFT ere is but one question,
settle that right, aud you settle al
others. That question is Chris
tianity." / stand in my place TO
day TO say that il you settle chris
tisnity right in the home it settl IS
all questions everywhere. Na,ion
al life never rises above the home
life and never sinks below it.
At the conclusion of a sermon
that was given in one of the south.
ern states a Methodist preacher
came up and laid his hand upon
the shoulder of the minister, and
said: "Your sermon today carried
me back to my home. My father
was local preacher and the best
man ever saw. He is gone to
Heaven now. We have a large
family; mother is still at home aud
| should like TO see all the children
together once more and have you
come and dedicate our home TO
God, while we rededicate ourselves
to God before precious old mother
leaves as. If you will come with
me, Will gather all the family
together next Friday for that pur-
pose. The minister consented to
go. The old home was q short dis
tance from the city. There were a
large number of brothers and sis
ters. One was a farmer; one was q
doctor; one was a preacher; one
was real estate man; one was q
bookkeeper and so on, so that they
represented many professions Of
life. The preabher brother drove
the minister out to the old home.
where all the children were gather
ed. AS they drove up to the gate
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