A LOOMT THE
UNA
Where a man is, is not so Im
portant as why he is there. John,
in setting down the Revelation, says,
“1 fohn . . . was in the isle that is
called Patmoe" (Revelation 1:9). That
rocky island was a place of exile
and Imprisonment, but John was
there for a good reason. He tells us
himself that he had been sent there
“for the word of God, and for the
testimony of fesus Christ." It is bet*
ter to be in fail because one has
done right than to do wrong and
stay out of fail. John is not the only
great man who realized this. His
friends, some of the other disciples,
were sent to prison for the same
reason that Tohn was dispatched to
Patmoe. Paul lay in the stocks with
bloody back. He knew the dampness
and fetid air of the inmost dungeon,
foseph spent months in jail because
he would not yield to evil.
The blessed thing about the state
of men like this is that they are not
affected bv their surroundings. The
poet bon written: "Stone walls do
not a prison make, Nor iron bars a
cage; Minds innocent and quiet
take That for a hermitage." That
John, though a prisoner on Patmos,
was tree in spirit is plainly evident;
for in the very next verse after the
one in which he mentions his resi
dence on Patmos, he tells us, "I
was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day."
The body was in Patmos, but the
spirit was fellowshipping with his
Lord. From Bedford fail came the
immortal “Pilgrim's Progress/* and
from die Isle of Patmoe came the
grandeur and the splendor of the
Revelation. Happy the man who is
willing to suffer imprisonment for
his Lard. Such men find themselves,
even in prison, in the spirit; and
though the body is confined, the
soul soars on wings of fellowship,
and countless generations are bless
ed by the words written from the
place of confinement.
—Released by the Gospel Fellowship Assoaat/on
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MOTHER
Mother! Dear, sacred name, and
sweet!
How slow we are to prove,
The height and depth and death
lessness of perfect mother
love.
We take her tender daily care,
v Then we must learn to live with
out her presence and her
prayer.
Tis then the name of mother is
to us a holy thing;
And, hovering low, we seem to
feel the shelter of a wing.
—Selected.
' WHAT IS HOME?
A roof to keep out the rain.
Four walls to keep out the wind.
Floors to keep out the cold. Tes,
but home is more than that. It
is the laugh of a baby, the song
of a mother, the strength of a
father. Warmth of loving hearts,
light from happy eyes, kindness,
loyalty, comradeship. Home is
first school and first church for
young ones, where they learn
what ip right, what is good and
what is kind. Where they go for
comfort when they are hurt or
sick. Where joy is shared and
sorrow eased. Where fathers and
mothers are respected and loved.
Where children are wanted. Where
the simplest food is good enough
for kings because it is earned.
Where money is not so important
as loving kindness. Where even
the teakettle sings from happi
ness. That is home. God bless it!
Madame Ernestine Schumann
Heink.
“MOTHERS IN ISRAEL"
Mother's ministry in life is one
of love, tenderness, compassion,
sympathy and courage. It is that
love that makes the name so
sweet. Her spirit is the soul of
the family, the tenderness of edu
cation, the refinement of society,
and the saint of the Church.
Mother knows how to whisper
in sorrow, how to touch weakness
Without burdening it, and how to
refresh the weary. In the home,
she is the watchihan of the living
fountains to make the streams
sweet, placid, useful, bringing
their children to well-rounded
manhood and womanhood. With
out a doubt, all God-fearing moth
ers will, sooner or later, know
that their children will thus bless
them.—Selected.
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