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For Woman s Work.
ONLY A LITTLE BABY.
BY MRS. S. C. HAZLKTT.
“Only alittle baby,”
But the waxen bands lie low.
And the tiny form so still and pure,
Has lost its soul of snow.
Hushed is the baby laughter,
The dimples have ceased to play,
And the restless feet and dainty hands,
Are forever laid away.
Its beautiful golden lashes
Lie light on its marble cheek,
But they hide the blue of laughing eyes,
And its baby lips can’t speak.
So hearts are crushed and broken,
Yet ’ t>s “only a baby” that’s gone,
A bud that grew in the evening—
Was plucked in the early dawn.
“Only a little baby I”
But God looked down from ebove,
And saw what life held in store for it;
Then He, in his infinite love,
Gathered him close to his bosom
To shield from the terrors of sin,
Os pain and sorrow and fell disease:
lo place ’mongst his pure within.
For Woman’s Work.
THE MOTHER WHO SEES BUT
ONE SIDE.
Blessings rest on the woman who can
see a disturbing element on her side of
the fence, as well as on that of her neigh
bor ! Some mothers never pause to con
sider how a matter looks both ways, but
pet their hearts with unceasing sympathy,
and fume them with unjustified anger,
until, with sweet (?) revenge in view,
th«v unwisely resent the offending one.
Neighborly implications, so frequently
occasioned by differences among the little
folks, could always be avoided if practi
cal methods were exercised.
My children are guilty of wrong-doing,
why not yours ! The natural propensities
tor mischief, possessed by each, are a chain
of consanguinity uniting all.
Most certainly this troublesome charac
teristic is not present in each to the same
degree; there are some flexible links, and
others hard as adamant. But, with the
majority, that fault which is lacking is
overbalanced by another—thereby making
the real and imaginary trials of all moth
ers about the same.
No refined woman would permit her
child to inflict wrong upon a child of her
neighbor, without meting out to it swift
correction, or full punishment, as the
nature of the deed deserves. No Christian
mother would, in any wise, encourage a
child to repeat an act of injustice by ap
proving its conduct, and transferring all
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blame to another. Many persons think
their own possessions better than those of
anyone else; and when this idea is im
bedded in the heart of a mother, its germ
quickly expands into a hardy tree, emit
ting unwholesome influences to be in
haled by her susceptible offspring.
Before thrusting all blame on your
neighbor’s side of the fence, just pass in
imagination through the portals of her
home, view the subject well from her side,
return to your own, take another home
view and then make a decision with firm
ness and sagacity. Hasty action is the
cradle wherein nearly all error is rocked.
A philosophical sifting from surface to
bottom, makes it plausible to add that the
mind-work of a wise mother involves some
what superior tact and dispatch ; yet this
does not call for more than common sense.
Nor should her innate love for her chil
dren tend to bias her mind. Instead, these
repeated tests of experience should serve
rather to enlarge her scope of life-knowl
edge.
It is an unquestionable fact that a moth
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them far more than herself. Hiding their
demerits, instead of pointing them out
with a practical finger, fills their minds
with conceited notions which they are
daily obtruding upon their companions
who soon develop a dislike for them, and
ofttimes a contempt.
If the woman who has sufficient moder
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her wrong, would keep the ever-truthful
advice, “do as you would be done by,”
posted where her indignant eyes would
frequently catch it during each day, it
would perform wonders in the way of an
orderly reformation. My own achieve
ments could produce testimonials of sub
stantiation in repeated instances, where
growing errors were arrested by this
method.
The mother who never sees but one
side, though endowed with abundant love
for her children, is conclusively selfish,
easy to misconjecture, misapply and mis
construe. She is one of the most unsatis
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a subject, whether she will journey down
the lane of conversation with you, or turn
suddenly in the opposite direction, frown
ing displeasure as she recedes.
Though she complains that your poultry
are in her garden, she never sees that her
own are in yours; though her children
rock your windows, and call your children
unsanctifled names, her eyes are dim and
her ears deaf. She allows herself to be
tossed in a whirlpool of passion, and looks
at you through mists of vengeance. Her
ideas are not drawn from the doctrine of
optimism, and servile compliance on your
part is what her nature demands.
Zula B. Cook.
Alabama.
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For Woman’s Work.
OUR BOYS.
I was particularly interested in the
article of February number of Woman’s
Work, termed, “What Shall we do With
Our Boys?” As I have four underthe age
of twelve, I will tell mothers of boys what
I think is the only safe-guard, and I find
it assists me more than anything I can do
or sav.
Pray each day with them before they
disperse for work or play. Mothers,
prayer is our only hope; pray to God with
them, using your own ' expression of
thought, for their daily welfare and happi
ness in this world of temptation and sin.
also pray with them for our own con
science sake. Ido not think mothers car
realize the duty devolved upon them
unless they pray daily with their boys.
The responsibility how to govern and
to guide our boys with wisdom and with
love will be answered through prayer by
our merciful God above.
Integrity, Christian love and happiness
will conquer and crown our efforts it we
pray with sincerity, endeavoring to follow
through each day, what we have
asked our heavenly Father to do.
Encouragement from Father and mother
works wonders with boys; it creates deeds
of kindness and affectionate words to one
another, strengthens their will to work,
and lightens a task that otherwise might
be too heavy to bear. Sympathy has »
permanent, good effect, upon their hearts,
tender or hard though they may be. Con
fidence from father and mother will
strengthen a boy’s integrity. Trust your
boys; let them feel that father and mother
have confidence in them to speak and act
the truth, and I do not think they will
give you heartache when they reach
manhood. Should vou find positively that
your boy has deceived you. do not censure
him before anyone, do not inflict corporal
punishment, but take him privately, tell
him how it grieves you, talk with him,
pray with him. and if necessary require
him to go to bed a few hours during the
day; it has the most permanent effect..
Correct disobedience, immediately, with
wisdom and patience but with firmness; if
words do not have effect, punish with the
rod. We must exact obedience if we wish
respect.
Never deprive your boys of an in
nocent pleasure, especially when at
home. Allow them to have pets; require
them to feed and attend to them regularly.
Give them the privilege to invite a com
panion to spend the day or night with
them occasionally.
Give them some regular work to do
every day, and require them to attend to
it systematically, and father and mother
must encourage them to work cheerfully.
Excite in them an interest and love for
instructive reading; read with them, es
pecially the bible, the most important book
I do not always practice what I have
preached, but I hope my preaching will
encourage discouraged mothers to pray
often with their boys, and girls, too, asking
God’s blessing upon each prayer.
These are necessary to make Christian
men of our boys and to make them an
honor to their parents and to their coun
try. Fathers, the responsibility rests
upon you, through God’s word, more im
plicitly eventhan upon mothers. You nor
mothers must say, “I have not time to
pray.” Don’t say, “I do not know howto
pray;” it is simply speaking to God. Let
us not procrastinate in this most impor
tant matter, fathers and mothers ; ask God
now to give us heart and will power to
pray with our boys and girls ere it be too
late; they cannot enter then. “Too late,
too late.” Mrs. W
Enter into other people’s pleasure and
you will have your own cup filled with
joy; sympathize fully with their sorrows
and your own will heal. Keep your lamp
trimmed and burning, your mind clear of
all that is narrow and mean, and people
will call you a young woman and prefer
you in your natural brilliancy and
gracious charm to the bread-and-butter
miss who may in actual years be young
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