The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-03-20
His Mothers Opportunity With Her
Children
Mrs S. y. Jenkins)

The following very excellent article
on the above theme was clipped from
The Missionary Voice. Mrs. S. u. Jen-
kins is the mother Of Rev L. X. Jen-
kins the popular pastor Of the NJ +.
Church, South.
Since for one little life wholly giver
to God he has wonderfully bless
ed and honeored me in calling all my
sons to proclaim the unscarchable
riches in Christ, praise his holy
name.
When Christ, the Amounted One,
came to establish his kingdom on
earth he took little children uS in his
arms, put his hands upon them, and
blessed them, cxaltlng childhood and
investing 1t with new, deep, and
sacred meaning. Take heed that We
despisc not one Of these little ones"
was his injunction. "Of such is the
kingdom of heaven" Suffer the little
children to come unto me-" The Mas
ter himself placed the child in the
midst, giving 1t central position.
and to-day his Spirit is turning the
hearts Of parents and teachers more
and more earnestly TO the children.
4 Christian mothers opportunity is
as far reaching a. the unfailing
promises Of God He commands
Train up child in the way he should
90, and when he is old he will not de
part from it," What more sure word
Of promise could Il mother ask ? How
ever, no human wisdom can find the
way unless guided by the Holy Spirit.
With a consuming desire Il use the
adjective advisedly, since this desire
must oyershndow all things clse) for
the welfare Of the child, beth for time
and eternity she must study Gods
Word, learn his way, and depend up
on him daily for guidance and dircc-
ton. find another promise: "The Sc
cret Of the Lord is with them that
fear him. He will show them his
covenant A sense Of the supreme
value that Christ put upon one soul, .
the fearful state OF the lost, with my
own responsibility for those commit |
ted to my care, led me to ask my
Heavenly Father that he would make
a covenant with me, My hearts desire
before him was that he would help me
so to train my precious children that
not one should C,'er dishonor him. | .
had no offering to bring save one hum
BILE life, while my request was so
great so far-rcachlng The loving Fa- /
ther-heart Of God was moved with
compassion, lie did not turn me away
unhclpcd, hat called me through be
loved pastor to seek and obtain the /
presence and keeping power of the
Holy Spirit for my life work.
Another golrious promise which /.
meant for re life Of prayer: "IIe
that dwelleth in the secret place of
the Most High shall abide under the |
shadow Of the Almighty" From no
other source can we secure strength .
sufficient to overcome the difficulties
along the way. There were days of un !
usual trials, whon the secret place
was sought many times, not because
was not busy woman, but because
could take no step until assurance
came that it was the right one. The
destiny of immortal souls hung upon
those sacred moments.
Having dealt with the conservation
necessary on the part of the mother,
let us turn TO the qualities that must
be instilled- into the child. / consider
obedience the very bedrock of charac-
ter; and unless training begins almost
in infancy or at least before habits
are formed, efforts in this line are Of
zen unavailing. During these early
years the mother finds her greatest
opportunity. One Of my little ones, be-