Despise Not the Children
By C. M. Fillmore
WAS it not our own Garfield who said that he never met a boy upon the street without feeling that he ought to take off his hat to him, because he did not know what possibilities were wrapped up under that coat? We are just beginning to wake up to the potentialities of the boys and girls. As the wonderful power of electricity with which our atmosphere has always been charged has only been discovered and utilized within recent years, so the latent powers of the children in our homes are just being found out and employed. Boys’ and girls’ rally day affords an opportunity for us to follow the example of our Master to place a little child in the midst of the people who are seeking after greatness, and say to them, “Become as this little child if you would behold the kingdom of heaven.” We pray, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” Train the rising generation for Christ, and you will usher in his kingdom with power. “See that ye despise not one of these little ones,” but show true regard for their worth by enlisting them with all their talents and enthusiasm in the services of their Lord and Master.—C. M. Fillmore, in The Christian Herald.