The Southern herald., 1910-04-22
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MODERN HOME
"A WORD TO
PARENTS

EON ONES are aOt what Il
should be until lathe
and mothers realize tha
M value Of the souls Of thsix
~ children. Two years age p
Arkansas, q man bOugat
24S acres Of land for $500 In passius
over It one day be found q erysta1
which attracted him, and when re
took It into q neighboring city Pc
found that it was a diamond He So
the farm for $4,000, but now 20
could not buy 1t for $1,000 an scre.
so great is the. value Of It. For yearz
1t was In the possession Of its owneE.
and he was insensible to its priceless
worth: but this is nothing as com
pared with the worth of an immortal
soul.
This is for all Without diserimina-
tion-none too rich ana none too poor.
none too wise and none too ignorant.
none too young and none too old. a
street preacher in London. speaking
on the blessing Of the peaeemakers,
who were the children Of God, gave
an invitation to all who would accept
him to come forward. and a little
street urchin, with ragged clothes ana
dirty face, pushing his way to the
front. holding his mother by the hand
speaking in the vernacular Of the
street, said: SAY, boss, would like
to be one of them chilluns Of God, II
| am not too small, and" pointing
back to his mother with his thumb. he
said, "she would like to be one OF
the chilluns Of God, if she is not too
big" That is the beauty Of It, The
Eternal Life, Jesus Christ, is for ali,
and it is this that makes the home
beautiful.
Two Homes contrasted.
The best way | know to teach my
lesson is to give the picture of two
homes. One has an old-fashioned fa
ther, like the man who came into his
boys room when he was dying to tell
him that he would soon be with Christ
and the little fellow drew him on his
knees beside the bed and said "FS
ther, don't cry, for as soon as see
Jesus l will tell him that ever since
can remember you sought to bring
me to him"
Such a father is unlike tho one on
the Mississippi river, with a great
plantation, his million of dollars In
the bank and his name spoken every
where as a synonym of wealth and
power. He came to his house to
learn that his boy had fallen In front
of a great reaping machine and was
frightfully mangled. When the boy
found that he must die, he said: "FA,
ther, / cannot die; you never told me
how to die You pust pray for me-"
but the father could not pray. Be-
fore the minister came, the boy was
dead. And the father said he would
give all he had If he could have him
back, or If he could have offered one
brief prayer.
The old.Fashloned Mother.
There Is a home where an old
fashioned mother presides like a
queen. Thank God. Come Of us have,
and others have had, oldfashloned
mothers. Dear, old-fashioned, sweet
faced mother! Eyes in which the
love-light shone, her brown hair
threaded with silver, lying smoothly on
the faded cheek her dear hands,
worn with much toll, gently guiding
our tottering steps in childhood an
smoothing our pillow in sickness, { =
reaching out to us in yearning ten
derness. Precious memory of an old
fashioned mother! 1t Goats to US
now, like the powerful perfume OF
some fragrant blossom. The music
of other voices may be lost, but the
enhancing memory of her will echo
in our souls forever. other faces will
fade away and be forgotten, but hers
will shine on until the light from
heavens portals shall glorify our own.
Christian Herald