The article in another column entitled “Co-operating with God” is all emphatically good; but here are a few sentences which can not be made too emphatic:—
Children should be taught to obey the command, “Honor thy father and thy mother.” From their earliest years they should be trained to carry their share of the home burdens. They should be taught that obligations are mutual. They should also be taught to work quickly and neatly. This education will be of the greatest value to them in after-years.
The mother should not accept burdens in the church which compel her to neglect her children. The best church work in which a mother can engage, is the training of her children.
The Power of a Word
“A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous ‘word stirreth up anger,’” reads the Revised Version of Prov. 15:1. It only needs so many times, “a ‘word,’ a single word, to part friends of years and wreck lives forever. Only a word; let it be golden in its helpfulness.
