[Illustration:  Fig. 91]

“Well, surely we have something here that looks like a letter or a message.  Ah, yes, it is a message of love to the little ones from the Savior Himself, for it was Jesus who spoke these beautiful words: 

“’Suffer the little children to come unto me, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.”

“And let us see if there is a message for the little boys and girls of the Sunshine and the primary classes.  Ah, yes, here it is; and it is from the Bible, too (Eccl. 12:  1), and this is what it says: 

“’Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, when, the evil days come not nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.’  And this means that if you are faithful to your Sunday school and will remember the beautiful things you learn here and carry them through life with you, you will be more than grateful in the years that are to come.

“I wonder if there is anything here to let these boys and girls know whether God thinks they are worth anything or not.  Yes, here is a message from the Psalms which says:  ’Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord.  As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man, so are children of the youth.  Happy is he whose quiver is full of them!’ And so a man is rich if he has those about him who call him father, and a mother is blessed in the love of her children.

“Does the message say anything about how the boys and girls should treat their fathers and their mothers?  Let us see.  Yes, it says:  ’Honor thy father and mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.’  And again it says:  ’My son, heed the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.’  And then, too, it adds this word:  ’Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.’

“And is there a message for us older ones on this Cradle Roll Day?  I believe there is, for I find here this message:  ’Except ye become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter the Kingdom of Heaven.’

“And is there a message to the parent which sheds any light on the way they should treat their children?  Yes, here it is:  ’The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.’  When we are boys and girls we must obey father and mother or suffer punishment to keep us in the right pathway.

“And is there a message to the grandfathers and grandmothers on this glad day?  I think so, for I find here this message, ’Children’s children are the crown of old men.’

“Let us remember all of these messages which have come again to us on this glad Cradle Roll Day.”

THE PERFECT LIFE
    —­Thanksgiving Day
    —­Perfection

The Love of God in Our Hearts May Be Perfect, Even Though Our Lives
Fall Short of Perfection.

THE LESSON—­That if we “hunger and thirst after righteousness,” as did the Pilgrim Fathers, our lives, though imperfect, will be well pleasing to the Father.