The daily morning oasis. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1917-1920, 1919-10-31
SERMONETTE OF TODAY.
A Series Number Two.
MEDITATIONS OF A MAN.

-HE book of life is never so bright but that
man may turn over a new leaf, with advantage
to others as well as to himself.
1t is so with me.
have reformed my ways with regard to my
wife and she is happier and more contented Wo-
man today--and her happiness makes our home
brighter for me.
But have still my children to consider for in
my determination to chase the shadows from the
life of my wife neglected to include them 1t seems
that always | forget something.
But it is never too late to add another link in
the chain of reformation.
will forge it today.
| am responsible for the presence of my child
rem in this world Their tomorrow is my legitimate
care of today and by my acts they will judge me.
Do remerber that in their infancy they have
neither thought nor care OF the future that to
them it is void the meaning OF which has not pene-
trated their infantile brains?
Do I remember that even the slightest of I'M
pressions often indelibly stamped upon their
budding memories, to accompany them through life
and into the shadows beyond?
Do l remember that many OF those Impress
, ions must necessarily be formed from the manner
of my actions in their presence, and of the treat
ment accord to them?
Do remember that as they become older their
conceptions of right and wrong will be gagged
mainly by the teachings they receive IN their own
home?
Do l remember that while their destinies must
be carved out by their own hands, yet their future
will be principally determined by the paths into
which lead them today?
Do make of myself beacon light which they
may follow in confidence and in the knowledge that
it will lead them through the intricate perllS OF
youth and into the safe harbOr OF maturity!
Am to them at all times and in all things the
kind and loving parent whom little children delight
to fondle and to caress?
Do give to them such tender thought and care
that they may and drink in always the sunshine
of their home?
Is nv daily treatment of them such that they
long each night for the hour when daddy comes
home again?
And as the years lead them slowly from infancy
to youth and from youth to maturity shall l be to
them a companion, comrade, loyal friend as we'll
as parent?
Alas! My shortcomings have been many and
great Always l have forgotten and to forget
is to neglect
The burden of their has fallen principally
upon the frail shoulders of my wife--that loving
companion whose burdens should also bear, as
well as theirs.
But will make amends!
will remerber all of these things and l will do
all of these things, for as am to them today will
they be to their children in their own time--fOr
heredity is strong and may not easily be cast aside
And when their own heads have become slvered
by the lapse of time and have passed on to my re-
ward, would that they might some day think back
over the wears that have flown and write of that
eptaph which is more lasting than granite, more
precious than gold:
"My father good man."
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Speak gently of your neighbor in adversely.
You NAV want to borrow dollar from him some