nued to go to his mother; and when he entered
the most trying period of his life, her advice kept him from the dangers
into which so many fall. In hours of trial she was able to point him to
the Savior. Never neglect the duty of warning your child of danger.

Teaching of this kind will endear you to your children long after you
are resting in the grave. They will recount, "My mother told me this.
My father taught me that. They must have understood God's plan of
salvation, or they would never have known how to tell me these things."
But the task will require your highest talents. Sympathy and love,
constant watchfulness, and earnest prayer will be the most needful.
Since the child does not know himself, you must learn to know him. You
must search for the secret springs that govern his actions and for the
master key that will unlock his heart.

One dear young woman, relating her experience to me, said: "My mother
died when I was only six years old; but I know she must have been a
Christian, because some friends who knew her told me of her devoted life
and of earnest pleadings for her children when she saw that she must
leave them. All that I can remember about her was seeing her bowing in
prayer or talking to us children. There are desires in my nature that I
know must have been planted within me in answer to her prayer. After
her death I was cast out upon the world. I went to live with a very
ungodly family, but that sense of right and wrong within me made me shun
and despise their evil ways. I loved to read my Bible. From it I learned
that, if I would gain heaven, I must forsake sin and live a pure life.
To live such a life was a pleasure until I found that the denomination
whose meetings I attended would not allow me to say much about a holy
life, because their creed did not teach it. Then I promised the Lord
that I would be a Christian if I had to be one all by myself. This was
not necessary, for I found many true Christians who believed all that
the Bible teaches."

That mother's prayers had fashioned and governed the life of her
daughter long before the child was able to understand her mother's
meaning. Parents can not begin too early to win the child's love and
confidence, and they should spare no pains to maintain these to mature
years. Those who do will find that their children will never, even to
old age, fail to come to them for sympathy and advice. Children so
reared will always love and honor their father a