Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-18

brother an ideal of womanhood. What
a delightfully."- beautiful scene that is
of Miriam, devoted to the service of
her brother. How beyond description
that scene at Bethany where Mary
and Martha loved their brother Laz-
arus, who was dearer than life to
thellS. l have the greatest sympathy
for the eldest daughter in the home,
In the first place, the oldest child has
to go through the hardship of being
practiced upon by foolish young par
ents who do not know how to raise
children. In the second place. she is
expected to look after the younger
children and has the burden of their
training largely placed upon her. She
must bear the responsibility OF setting
an example, to her younger brothers
and sisters; she must be blamed Tor
all the faults of the smaller kids and
Get her ears boxed If she fails in her
duty. She must sacrifice her youth
and attractiveness on the altar of sis
terly fidelity. Society may be ungai-
liant enough to call her an old maid,
but in heaven her praises shall be sung
and her name shall be Miriam what
shall we say of the millions of devoted
sisters in this world whose names will
never be known, but whose part in the
training of their brothers and sisters
has been of untold value? Many
self-sacrficing, unselfish sister, un-
sung in heaven, beyond that of some
famous brother or sister whom she
helped to raise.
THE OTHER CHILDREN
"she sought to seek to maintain
loving, sympathetic companionship be-
tween herself and the other children.
How beautiful is that home in which
brothers and sisters agreel And yet,
Miriam, loving and devoted as she was,
became Jealous one time of Moses.
That was the only thing that marred
the life of Miriam. She no doubt
thought that she had become as in
fiuential as Moses and ought to have
been consulted. 1t may have been
that she was jealous of the wife OF
Moses. Once in a while you find in a
home a daughter who wants to run
everything, and is exceedingly Jealous
if she does not have as nice clothes as
her sister, or as much money to spend
as her brother Jealousy and Ill tenn
per between children will destroy the
harmony of a home and fill it with
heartache and misery. Too frequently
jealousy arises over the distribution of
money at the death of the father or
mother. Better had you killed one an
other with your toy mallets in the nur-
sery than to let your selfish coVetous-
ness lead you to rob brother or sister
at the grave of your parents and fight
one another because of the will The
ideal sister and daughter should exem-
plify the spirit of Jesus Christ, and If
she is to meet the true ideals of life
she must have him as her friend and
companion.
What a beautiful scene is that of
Bethany! Mary and Martha, the
friends OF Jesus. He brings to them
cheer and hope, and in the hour of
deepest sorrow brings to them q COM
fort that the world could never give.
I do not wonder that there are more
women in our churches than men. I
only woider that they are not all on
Christ's side. She need read only a
few pages of history to find out how
much Jesus Christ has meant to wom-
anhood. Her name, her character. her
JOY, her happiness, her position of
power and influence in the world today,
is due to what Jesus Christ has done
for her For the perfection of her
character for the purity of her own
life, for the attainment of the truest
ideals of womanhood, she needs the
Friend of Bethany Jesus Christ"