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

oat ON the streets of the cities, aud
sod only knows where they - and
wnat they do. The boys aud girl.
in tnis couatry are like Tennessee
oats in dry weather they "head"
too soon. Girls are women a,
thirteen aud boys are meu at fif-
teen.
"A poor young man stood be.
fore the jldge to be sentenced to
death, when the judge asked nim IT
he had anything TO say why the
sentence of death h)uli not be
passed upon him, bowed his head
aud sal l. son, if I'd hal a
mother"
Tne learning OF the academy i,
the college, the university, may
fade from the mind, bat the sim
pie lessons of home dety ye,rs aud
live on. The words Of mother
make deeper Impressions than any
other words that touch our plastic
chill ihood.
rhe mother of Wil,er Scott was
we'll educated aud great lover of
poetry aud painting. The mother
oil Byron was proud aud ill TEN pei
ed aud violent. The m ,ther of
Napoleon Bonaparte was full OF,
ambition aud energy. The mother
ot Lord Bacon was woman OF
superior mind and deep piety. The
mother OF Nero was murderess.
The mother of Washington was a
pure aud good woman. The mother
of Patrick Henry was eloquent in
speech. The mother of John and
Charles Wesley was intelligent and
pious and full of executive ability
The mother of Doddridge taught
him Scripture history from the
Dutch tiles on the 6replaces, on
which there we're pictures of sub
jects taken from the Bible.
A trainer of dogs has nearly al
ways three rules for training dogs:
"First, he gets the dog when it is
pup. He gets full control of the
pup, and then everything is easy.
He gets him to do over and over
the part he is to perform in public
until it becomes a habit"
A lady who had raised seven
noble christian sons, with not a
black sheep in the fold, was asked
by an Old trend how she did it
She replied IL did it with prayer
and hickory.' Two better instru
nents were never used. God knew
that Abraham would comm and his
children after him.
You have always noticed that of
an old COW, trOtting at the rear OF IA
wagon She il no, tied, but every
"he'e the wagon went the nose Of
The old COW was close to the hind
gate. She pays no attention to
wagon or train. She follows the
wagon, and you wonder why. You
notice little calf in a bnx in that
wagon. She is determined to see
what becomes of her calf.
Sometimes you notice boys lin.
ge'ing near place they should
not be, and you wonder whers
their mother is. Tha; old COW i,
more faithful mother than the
mother of those boys. The old
COW is determined TO know where
her calf goes, but the mother Of
those boys doesn't care where they
20.
Some boys can cay like the tramp
when asked how long he bad been
an orphan said; 81 was born an
orphan " / am thankful above all
things for the fact that | have a
good mother. / owe all that am,
morally and religiously, to the
authority of good mother. / also
owe my life To- that authority.
"Honor thy father and thy mother
that thy days may be long upon the
land which the Lord thy God Civ
eth thee"
Did you ever start across the
room, mother, and hear q thud on
the floor, and you look around to
find that little Mary had caught
your dress and attempted TO follow
you, and you had jerked her sprawl
lug on the hoor2 Father, did You
never, on reaching the gate on your
departure from home, find little
John at your heels, and as you clos
ed the gate before him he looked
up and cried: Papa, let me go
wid'oo." The children go with US,
they follow US. How beautiful the
sight to see father and mother
walking in the ways of righteous
ness, followed by the large house
hold of God. How terrible the
sight to see the wicked father and
mother start off to hell, and every
lffflo child foIl0vuiuO Hoo, rs