Under the Parsonage Roof by A lthea S. M ille r
WORTH IT? T heir impudent defiance seemed to gain momentum as Mother tried to reason with her two small chil dren. Reluctantly she resorted to physical punishment. “You don’t love me when you spank me,” Ardyth sobbed. “ I’m gonna tell Daddy you spanked me,” Mark shouted in rage. “ I do love you; that’s why I spank you when you don’t mind me. Go ahead and tell Daddy, young man. But you’d better be careful or he will spank you too.” “Mark and I got spanked today.” She was plainly fishing for sympathy. As he served the stew Daddy calm ly asked, “What did you do?” “Nothin’.” “Ha! Where have I heard that be fore?” David joined the conversation. “How well I remember the last hard trouncing Dad gave me. Even Mother thought he was a bit severe on me. Do you remember, Mother, how when we came up from the basement I looked at you and said: ‘Daddy’s gonna kill me for sure’ ? So what did you do? Merely got out the Old Book and turned to Proverbs -j— you know __»» “ 23, verse 13.” “Where it talks about ‘Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with a rod, he shall not die.’ Then you added insult to injury by insisting I read it aloud. Boy, did that ever take the wind out of my sails.” David’s parents exchanged mean ingful glances at this recital of their 17-year-old son. He was in a position to look back rather objectively and evaluate the fruit of our discipline. In doing this he could understand to a limited degree the present restric tions imposed for his good. The hearts of Daddy and Mother were overwhelmed with gratitude for the grace of God realized afresh. It was e v id e n c e d in wisdom and strength for rearing their children — the biggest, most important job in all this world. And for them it is far from over. But the same Father who has brought David thus far in spir itual stature will surely do the same for the remaining six. A new appre ciation of Jeremiah’s confidence was theirs: “ . . . there is nothing too hard for thee” (32:17).
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AN OLD, BLIND BEGGAR "During my last visit to a small town of Western Crete,” writes a good Chris tian brother in Greece, “ I came across one of the saddest sights I have ever seen. It was an old blind man suffering from elephantiasis, who was going around ask ing for alms. I gave him some small assistance and promised that I would try to get him into some charitable institution. Unfortunately, all my efforts have proved vain, due to his blindness and the disease from which he suffers. If this poor man had 5 or 10 dollars a month regular in come, he could at least secure his daily bread for which he now has to go around begging. "But his story doesn’t end here. He has two little nephews, Constantine and Emanuel, who have been blind from birth. They are in desperate need of food and also used clothing, as they are dressed in rags, just like their uncle. It breaks one’s heart to see such conditions in this age of so-called progress and civilization. I trust that you will try to help this poor, unfortunate family in any way you can.” Old, blind, sick, ragged, hungry— how shall we convince such a man that God loves him ? The Scriptures bring their own conviction as they are preached to the destitute of this world, but God wants us to go further and show our love in a prac tical way. W e should like to support this man regularly at $10 a month, as well as provide immediate relief of food and clothing now. Ask the Lord what your share should be, and "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it” (John 2 :5 ). Gifts may be sent through the American Mission to Greeks, Inc., Rev. Spiros Zodhiates, General Secretary, Dept. K, P.O. Box 423, New York 3 6, N .Y. (In Canada: 90 Du plex Ave., Toronto 7, Qnt.)
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