| 517 Mrs. M. Walker was visited by the editor of the Herald and requested to take charge of such a department. This she agreed to do. The editor gave to the new department the appropriate title, "Mothers' Home Column." Her introductory was able and appropriate. She wrote:
When Bro. Joseph asked us, "Will you take charge of such a department?" the immediate answer of the heart was, "We will do all that we can," and the same response comes from the soul to-night. . . . Sr. Lucy Lloyd has, in her excellent letter, fully explained the purpose of this new department of the Herald .. . . As one of your number we expect from time to time to contribute our share. To this work we willingly bring the entire talent God has given unto us, nor stop to question how much that may be. We know that he who had the one talent committed to his charge was held to an account as strictly as he who had ten, and what matter if when our hands are folded in death, no more to labor, our busy brains have ceased to work, our hearts ceased to throb with joy, or ache with pain,-what matter, if it may be truthfully said of us, "She has done what she could!" . . . .
When the "Plea for the Little Ones" went abroad to this church, through the columns of the Herald, it found a response in many a faithful heart, and soon the children had not only a column in the Herald, but a paper all their own. Is not this second plea as much for the children as for the sisters? "Home is a mother's kingdom, and there is no field in this world that requires more careful, faithful cultivation than the hearts of our little men and women." Truer sentence than this was never written, and when the time shall come that God shall fully baptize our hearts with the spirit of this work, when the mothers of the lambs of this flock shall arise in his strength to acquit themselves fully of this sacred duty, then may they look for the blessing of God upon their homes, and expect to see their children walking in wisdom's ways.
That this department of the Herald may be a success-may fully realize the most sanguine hopes of those who labor for it, and those hearts bid it "God-speed," let each one "try to give and receive with all patience, charity, and humility before God." Grander key-note than this was never struck, and may God imbue the heart of each one who shall contribute with this spirit is our prayer. Many brothers and sisters during these long years, have been faithfully contributing their share towards sustaining the Hope, and who may say that this department shall not be equally successful. It is needed now, it has long been needed, and if we are only true to ourselves and the trust committed to our charge it may prove a blessing to thousands, comforting, supporting, and cheering those who of all others in this wide world need encouragement in their never-ending labor of patience and love.
As editor of this department, we promise you that no effort shall be wanting upon our part to make it a success, yet the sisters must not forget
(page 517) |
