Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-29


world And the aceomplshel task
men worth while-is Gods portion
ia the world For the Lords por-
ZION IS HIS people" And when This
is lost. Gods part IS lost God loses
out in the world when children are
not mothered
The eldest son ana heir of Henry
II OF England was drowned beneath
the waves OF The English channel
The loss did not take away his throne
His hand stil held the seepter The
diadem was stn upon his brow. But
the smile went away from The face Of
the king never 10 return again. Why
Am these that were still retained by
him would pass 10 another But his
portion among his peoplc-his own
son--Was no more And an else may
be cared for by mcn-but when the
children are forgotten, and neglected
and elleb forsaken, and cast away
God loses ont His portion al the
world And the woman who takes a
homeless child. and hroods Il, and
loves IL, and blisses IFS little helpless
life into a beauty spot upon her gem
lie breast enters into partnership with
hog creator i'm the diyinest work in
the world-thc making of a man.
For the culture of child calls for
the sraces that flourish in the home,
and ia the home alone. Cattle may be
cared for i'm the yields, and hcrded
ana grown ia drovcs, but little child
rem. can for constant care and mccas-
ing kindness The most helpless
thing I'm The world is the human bahe.
And is not this the Creators can TO
us? I'm the home as nowhere else in
the world the gentle gracCs OF the
saul are found. There love- and sac
ulice and patience, and tenderness,
and gentlcncs3 are fundamental In
deed. these are things that make the
home And these are the things for
which the heart of childhood calls
These are its hunscr and lbs thirst
AS the dew upon the tender grass
and as the showers upon the beautiful
flowers, sn is gcntlcness ana kindness
To the little child Harshncss breaks
the little heart Goodness chHls the
budding life. tnkndncsS frosls the
bloom of the spirit Hardness stills
thc first pulsings of mo soul. But
when the hands that hold The little
one are gentle hands, when the first
words that fan upon the ear are
words of love, whom the world that
fhp h9ha uVVakpng in and the child
lives in. is d world filled with kind. (
ness. ana tenderness. ana gentleness.
and beauty. and affection-la. the
Image of the Divine is duickcned into
being. us the morning-Elory opens and
answers 70 the sun For God is there /.
'orn "'. . inc Daot. ana me oape /
'n"'i ~, ma "'o W0iunb lor ~ ana .
r 'Jiu,G ,i IN ~ , 'S ~ ,oI' h 1,'9 e,'
,ge,a ,7 y NJ - M" w. ''a",,'.s
rs AWAKENING me- Far yordsworth
.cus n trno.
'Not in entire forgctfnlness. and nor
in utter nakcdness.
But trailfne clonds If GLORY do we
come from cod VINO d nur
homo %
Ahd Macdonald listening lone AZ
he patcs of noradise hoard the vhis.
,erinps Of me anrols.
Where did Won come from. babv
out Of the everywhere into here
Where did Won get those ewes SO
blue"
out of the skies as I came through"
Whore did vou chat neoriy oarqo
.ao, ..,,o,.. III. .... ,.,.i
r.. ~, ''''' ~ 1'''''0 ''' W. '''''
.'"''e U'o YOU seI lhose arms ana
i"'us
Love made itself into hooks and
bands
Whence that three corncrcd smile
Of bliss 2"
Three angels gave me. AT once
kiss
Feet. whence ala Won come Won
darling things"
From the same box as the cherub's