I
have better times at home." "Better times at home!" Think of it,
parents! Is it not worth some self-denial, some sacrifices, on pour
part, to have your home spoken of in this manner?

"Yes," says a mother, "that is all right when both parents are in
harmony and have salvation; but suppose that the parents are poor and
that one is unsaved?" I have seen just such homes as this governed in
the manner whereof I speak. God gave more grace and strength to the
saved companion; and, although there were many difficulties to
encounter, yet the saved one was able to influence the home for God.
"All things are possible to him that believeth," said Christ in olden
times, and his statement is still true.

Again, I hear a parent whose loved companion has recently died say,
"What can I do now to train my children aright?" There comes before my
mind a beautiful scene of a faithful mother with her son and daughter
whom she had brought up to God's glory. She was left alone with these
two precious ones to guide and rear to manhood and womanhood. She bade
adieu to the words "I can't" and with determination went about her task.
As God never lets such zeal go without assistance, this mother found
help in time of need. Another scene which I love to recall is that of a
devoted father and by his side his two motherless daughters just
entering womanhood. He gives them every spare moment that he has, and
both are real examples of trust and purity.

In your zeal to find entertainment for your children, do not forget that
they must have employment. See that every member of your household has
certain work to do. This work should be suited to the years and the
strength of the individual and, if possible, to his likes and dislikes.
Work of the proper kind will strengthen the muscles, improve the health,
keep out many evils, and create in the young a desire to help bear the
burdens of life. Periods of rest may be made profitable by having on
hand as much wholesome literature as you are able to secure. By this
means much useful knowledge may be stored. The reading need not be
confined wholly to religious works; reliable treatises on science, art,
mechanics, cooking, chemistry, domestic economy, health, etc., are all
profitable if not indulged in to the exclusion of religious literature.
If you trust God, he will help you to know what to do.

A lady once said, "Our children are what we make them, and we get out of
them just what we put in." These w