The San Francisco call., 1913-09-10

I
w questions asked a child. do
you lover
There is sudden clasping Of little
arms around the mothers neck. child
ish lips are pressed against her cheek
and. there comes the Whispered re-
sponse. You
Il IS the hrst word childhood hears
-s1ove.7 It has been life that was
Snisspent if 1t is not the last
The journey through life is only a
few hours as compared with eternity,
but it is long and weary as we meas
ure it with our short sighted eyes.
To alnuss ourselves we invent many
diversions. hoping to find happiness
in fame, wealth. pleasure. ambition.
and when these fail we ask forgetful-
mesa in work
But nothing Is worth while. moth
ing satisfies. though we gain all that
we. iOassd for. unless we also have
love.
It ifghtens the burdens. 1t nu-
mines the dark places 1t gives pur-
pose to the purposeless. It is. the
source and the sustenance of faith.
courage. hope ambition. patience and
every ennobliug quality.
TT GIVES COURAGE
without love. wealth is poverty;
with love, poverty Is wealth 1t puts
courage in the veins Of the coward. 1t
makes a man rise above himself. It
IS the Transforming wand of the only
good fairy the times have left US
Lave youthihes. Though one be old
and wrinkled and bowed with the
years. one is not old so long as there
remains in the heart q reverence for
hove. The young woman who SCOTS
:. At # is older than her grandmother
who trusts and believes.
: Sc beautifes The plalnest woman
{: becomes beautiful when she loves and
!. :is aoved.
- Anve strengthens. The mother
:. ne ser tires. though she works every
:. hoar because she is strengthened by
TOYS. The husband and father is per-
:. .sistent in the face of discoura cement
>: and defeat and spends his life in toll
:. :.fos those he loves
:; Ii. enthuses. No man is a good
+. workman If he has only himself to
:: provide for. The best workman is the
!: man. who loves.
..:;.. II is. the universal gift, and one
(which depends not upon the whim or
: Caprice of some tickle goddess that
Z presided at our births. but upon our
esAlyses. We were born for love. and
. all we need do is to believe and 1t is
:. OURS
s.: E: 1t is Independent Of social position,
&C.: color or wealth. The love that
:. comes to the maid is just as sweet
: as that which comes to her mistress,
and just as true. There is more of it
:: in. the home OF the poor than in the
:. home Of the wealthy
..:::.:.It is about the only thing in life
at defes a bank account one IS
=. never defeated so long as one loves
:: The failures. the loafers, the drunk
:. ards are those who do not love.
=. THE GREATEST THING
:: il there were no such thing as love
=. the churches and theaters would
:::c3oss and the printing presses would
:. .stop. 1t is not only the greatest thing
Tin life; it is life itself, and the world
:. .revolves around it.
!. It is the hope of youth and the
"a. comfort Of old age. All along the
way there is nothing that viii take
sIove's place.
The young woman is stretching out
:: her arms to welcome it, The older
. woman owes It to her younger sister
i; 70 forget loves bitterness and dis
appointments and meet her with sym
i. pathY and understanding in the great
3; est experience life holds.
=: The old owe it 10 themselves to
have faith In 1t. They owe it to their
>:1uniors to express that faith often.
:. The mother or father who holds that
a marriage for wealth or social posi-
:. tion is more desirable than one for
.slove is not At to be parent.
It Is an injustice to the son and
daughter more tragic in its results
than beating a child.
nhRyrr an GpAUE