Show THE LAY PREACHER erand drand an this aiso also lw we wibb with even your perfection aa As the mother bends over the cradle of f her child exulting in its beauty and in the promise 0 of f its future if she be a wise as well as loving woman what thou thought ht takes precedence of all othere othe rif rii Is it not afat that her little one may grow into perfection that through all lifes trials and temptations its soul boul may walk clear of stain stalny ind and go home to its father in heaven mori mors be beautiful au ticul even than it came from lis ils II 11 5 balds bands j if this yearning be more than the emotion if f the moment it will prompt her to shed upon that spirit only the purest influence to cast around it the light of a good example to ei courage it ivy y gentleness and forbearance to perfect frankness to watch the unrolling of C capacities apa cities that are infinite for good or evil and never to weary in her god appointed tasks 0 ot what a word world might this become it if women were true to their work it if with the name of mother were blended in the childs thoughts firmness tempered with gentleness truth open as the day va patience tience that never wearies bearl bearing rg testimony at all times to a love not without expression in words but showing itself deeper than words can portray what a veil ot of sanctity N were ere thia this falling upon the bead of wayward childhood what a restraint when temptation in a thousand forms assails the untried heart i but how often otten in ibe the place ot or this are manifested impatience and fretfulness and how often is deceit used to smooth over a present difficult difficulty positive falsehoods are sometimes bome times timea res resorted to but not long iong is the clear lindof mind of childhood thus bet betrayed rayea one exposure and a poison is instilled into that innocent soul that may work its ruin if the parent can do this how readily the child slips ino into the fatal error abl shielding eiding elding itself behind the pernicious n t think hin bin k of this ibis you to v whom hom are committed these unsullied souls and who wish whatever your practice may be that they arrive unto perfection se set not una big hig 8 andard aldard for hem them however unless resolved to lead the way for all know but two well how much more potent Is example than precept it the parent be not truthful how bow can she speak of truths solemn obligations upon her child if she bhe biell to bursts of passion or the temptation to fretfulness and impatience how is is she to teach self sef restraint to the little being at her knee it if she abe forget god in her daily life and conversation how bow can she hope her child will remember him must not the parent become what she ehe would wish her child to be when the little one no longer lorger lies upon her bosom or clings to her protecting hand she must lead the way in which she would have her child to tread we all wish for those we I 1 ve moral and ap spiritual i I 1 igual elevation with perfection for the end and aim we know not where to limit virtue short of that nor would we have the standard anclard Bt lowered for christ himself proposed it to our exertion thus affording to our limitless faculties I 1 a limitless field ive I ve we cannot set it lower if we would ut violating the sanctity of his commands and aho nho vho that has commenced the work of moral regeneration does boes not thank him for the privilege of aspiring aspirins so high let no one underrate the importance of a timely word to him whose feet are fain to go astray gently and lovingly be that warning word expressed but let no one fear to utter it if acua ted by holy lore fore and fear it may seem like water spilled on band sand but I 1 it may rda fda find a seedof seed of good waiting only for the refreshing drop to waken into life ilfe and that good plant may grow fill it displace te evil who shall tell at all events it is a holy work thus to blend precept with example and lead the way into perfection pe etin etl eti n and the sweet consciousness of b having av I 1 j done so will soften the bitterest pang of mortal borrow sorrow brighten the darrest darkest at hours soothe th the tha q and make mak e 11 life fe a perpetual th and oblation N E H J L |