Mr. Guthrie once told a story which was as suggestive of a moral as it was amusing. A friend of his, questioning a little boy, said, "When your father and your mother forsake you, Johnny, do you know who will take you up?" "Yes, sir," said he. "And who?" said the friend. "The police," was Johnny's answer. Parents will do well to consider the truth there is in this reply. The parent who is too much occupied, or too selfish, to look after the training of his child, need not be surprised to see the child come to serious harm. Turn him into the street to find his companionship and pleasure, because it costs time and patience and money to furnish him attractions at home, and if the police do not take him up, it may be owing to official negligence. Society and the churches may also be reminded that, if the number of bad men and women is not to multiply in the future as in the past, somebody must care for the forsaken children of unchristian households. —Zion's Advocate.