for the children who think they are having a good time because they have no parental restraints imposed on them. Some day, please God, you will appreciate even more than now the fact that it is the love which Daddy and I have for you children which prompts us to g i v e y o u necessary discipline. “ But I must be true to the Lord and give the honor due Him as you chil dren respond to your rearing. With out lesus Christ to give wisdom and overrule my many mistakes I would have been unable to do anything worth while. This is one of the most important lessons you can ever learn. Only that life which is genuinely surrendered to the Lord in every area can really accomplish what is worth while. And remember this, boy of mine; the Bible says: ‘The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do His commandments . . .’ (Ps. I l l : 10).” " W e Have Seen His Star99 STARLIT PATHS FOR PILGRIM FEET By Merrill F. Unger A devotional study of
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Work For the Night is Coming Words by Annie Walker Coghill Music by Lowell Mason T h e author was eighteen years of age when she wrote “Work For The Night Is Coming,” based upon John 9:4, “ The night cometh, when no man can work.” The musical setting was provided by Mason in 1864 and first published in his Song Garden, a Sunday-school song-book. As original ly written, the fourth line of each stanza had six syllables; for example, “Work ’mid the springing flowers,” “ Rest cometh sure and soon,” and “Work for the daylight flies.” Mason’s musical setting required that these lines be shortened' to five syllables. The change made Miss Walker highly indignant; she wrote, “ I am utterly unable to see what advantage there can be in any alteration that has been proposed. I cannot sign, or in any way agree to what I extremely dislike.” But the usage of several generations of Christian singers had placed the seal of blessing upon it already. Annie Louise Walker was bom in England in 1836. The family moved to Canada for several years, and it was while living in Canada in 1854 that the song was written. Miss Walker attained prominence as a poet and author, producing several vol umes which enjoyed wide circulation. She married a wealthy English mer chant, Harry Coghill. Her death oc curred in England in 1907. The poem was written in 1868 and first published in The National Sun day-School T e a c h e r s ’ M a g a z i n e . Palmer wrote: “This song was an inspiration. I was at work on the dry subject of ‘Theory’ when the complete idea flashed upon me, and I laid aside the theoretical work and hurriedly penned both words and music as fast as I could write them. I submitted them to the criticism of a friend after ward, and some changes were made in the third stanza, but the first two are exactly as they came to me. I am reverently thankful it has been a power for good.” Yield Not to Temptation Words and Music by H. R. Palmer
B Y A L T H E A S . M I L L E R B e n d , Mother changes nine of the eleven beds of the household. The children help by stripping their own beds and carrying the soiled linen to the laun dry. Dorotheann and Sharon make the beds in the girls’ room and then go off to school. During periods when Mother is not teaching she works on the boys’ beds. Paul Kent was in bed with flu on such a day. Not a move or sound emanating from Mother escaped his attention. “ Does it hurt you to stretch and bend while you are changing the beds, Mama?” “Not especially, Honey. Why do you ask?” “ I heard you make a noise as though you were hurt. And you made such a funny face when you leaned o v e r D a v i d ’ s b e d t ha t I n e a r l y laughed. But I didn’t because I was afraid you were sick.” Mother suddenly realized she had not been aware of facial contortions or grunts of discomfort as she worked. With a smile and a quick hug for her son Mother said: “ Go on and laugh. I would too, if I could see myself as you see me.” Throwing the chenille spread across the bed Mother reflected aloud: “Twenty four years and nine children after marriage must be the reasons why certain physical tasks are a bit hard on me. I just don’t have the resilience I once had.” “ You still are a good mother, no matter what. Say, did you go to a ‘how to be a mother school’ before you had us babies?” “ No, Dear. Why do you want to know?” “ Because you are such a good mother. You know how to raise us kids. You don’t let us get away with stuff that I see other kids do. Some times I wish you didn’t see so much, but I guess I really am glad you do. We all know you surely love us.” “ Those are some of the sweetest words I’ve ever heard, Paul. Thanks for telling me how you feel. It is satisfying to me to see your sympathy twist, stoop, turn, groan. It was “ that” day of the week when
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