The Marshall republican., 1909-10-29
service Joyous.

welt saw to it that every day her
hoys should complete some piece
of work, and the life of our chief
executive and the marvellous
amount and diversity of work he
is ablo to accomplish, shows that
the time devoted to her earths dear
est treasures, paid that mother
we'll.
Mothers, be wise and consider
that all a boy or girl learns from
his or her books, while you are
overwork.ny TO gi e your hi i that
time, is than lost in the sell
fishness that they learn in feeling
that anything a justify them in
letting you thus overwork.
Shc could ewing a six-pound dumb
bell,
She could fence, and she could
box;
She could row upon che river,
She could Chamber 'mong the
rocks;
She could do soma heavy golfing,
And play tennis all day long;
But she couldn't help her mother,
Cause she wasn't very etrong.
"Satan finds some mischief Sill
for idle hands TO do" and again,
Gan idle brain is The devils work
shop" ara as true as they were,
and the is also true, "Jesus
finds soma service utill for busy
hands TO do !" and again, "a brain
busy under a Christian mothers
training, is Chr;st's workshop"
There is another error into which
many good mothers drift, that OF
nagging. Watch that. SCI aside
your children's part of the work,
and see that it is done properly,
if it has to be done several times,
but all with a kind patience through
which they can see it is foc their
good.
Honesty in the home is OF the
greatest Importance. "Buy the
truth and cell it not" said Holy
Writ and if we, as teachers, moth
ers and members OF society, could
estimate the change for the better
in strictly following the teachings
of these seven words, we would be
amazed.
A child's eyes are quick to un-
derstand the subterfuge you think
is all a mystery 20 him. OTIS
good medicine, at won't hurt tc
have your tooth pulled" "The bat
man will catch you," are no les
falsehoods for a mother than thC
wrong stories for which she pun.
ishes her child. Then the socia
bubbles. l do not mean that WI
should be painfully plain in speec'
but ona can cultivate a habir o
MOI speaking al all, when the tcu.l
would be unkind.
An old Quake: reproved his hir
ed man exaggerating, telling hin
ig was a sin. "And do you neve
sin in Tho same way?" asked IN
man. "Thee must watch me, an.
If l do, thee must tell me-"
/ lived in that family seven year
, said the man, and learned 20 knoN
that dependence could be place
upon every statement the old Qua
ker made-and 1 loved him as
father"
! Be sure your child is human, jus
as much as your neighbours chile
therefore watch him closely, "fo
you know not the day nor the hou
when he may enter into and yiel
: to temptation"
| One of the saddest rhings 4 teac
er must contend with, is when sh
knows a pupil is doing wrong, an
the mother believes the child
: skilfully constructed story, an
: thinks the teacher is guided by pr
l judice, or that some guilty membe
of the school is trying to shirk h.
sins upon other shoulders. If th
l teacher is conscientious, she sifi
a the matter to the bottom before al
r preaching the mother.
One mother whom l knew Away
took time to read some tender, SUI
gestive story to her four childre
t just at their bed time, and it b;
v came in that home an hour for sci
examination. The little ones WEI
eager to tell mamma of any goo
or helpful act, and very often 81
would hear contrite confessions
! their yielding to the temptation
do wrong. When they were te
4 and twelve years old they woul
. cry as if their hearts would bres
t over some selfish, mean or cowar,
t ~ act OF the day. They could nj
8 sleep until they had made a cles
: breast OF it to mamma. / do N,