. How to be happy though married. Being a handbook to marriage . d have gotdrowned. Oh no, responded the old lady, we only lostthree or four in that way. What is the use of a child? Not very much unless itsparents accept it, not as a plaything, much less as a nuisance,but as a most sacred trust—a talent to be put to the bestaccount. It is neither to be spoiled nor buried in the earth—how many careless mothers do this literally !—but to be madethe most of for God and for man. Perhaps there was onlyOne who perfectly understood the use of a child. Suffer thelittle children to come unto me, and fo
. How to be happy though married. Being a handbook to marriage . d have gotdrowned. Oh no, responded the old lady, we only lostthree or four in that way. What is the use of a child? Not very much unless itsparents accept it, not as a plaything, much less as a nuisance,but as a most sacred trust—a talent to be put to the bestaccount. It is neither to be spoiled nor buried in the earth—how many careless mothers do this literally !—but to be madethe most of for God and for man. Perhaps there was onlyOne who perfectly understood the use of a child. Suffer thelittle children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for ofsuch is the kingdom of God. In some lines to a child 154 HOW 70 BE HAPPY TPIOUGH MARRIED. Longfellow has well answered the question we have beenconsidering. Enough ! I will not play the Seer ;I will no longer strive to opeThe mystic volume, where appearThe herald Hope, forerunning Fear,And Fear, the pursuivant of destiny remains untold. In the next chapter we shall point out how useful childrenare in educating their
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