Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1880 — Give Yourself. [ARTICLE]

Give Yourself.

Said a mother to me one day, “When my children were young, I thought the very best thing I could do for them was Io give them myself. So I spared no pains to talk to them, to read to them, io pray with them, to be-a loving comKion and friend to my children. I no time to indulge in many things which I should have'Uked to do. I was so busy adorning their mind* and cultivating their hearts’ beet affections, that X pould not adorn their bodies in fine clothes, though I kept them neat and comfortable at all tune*. I have my reward now. My sons are ministers of the gospel, my grown up daughter, a lovely Christian woman. I have plenty of time now to rest, plenty of time to keep my whenever he has need of mJ. I have a