ANOTHER THORN, ALSO A ROSE

     I was invited by a pastor to hold a meeting in a good-sized church, but some of the "officious members" objected because they said I hated crying babies. However, the pastor said this was only a pretext to keep me out. Well, I did not need to wait long until I received a larger call where there was no spirit of opposition.

     Just a word about babies! They are fine little things in their place -- when not spoiled. But the church is no place to show them off, or let them fuss and keep a lot of eager listeners from hearing the Truth. There is about one parent in a thousand who knows how to train the dear little ones. Susanna Wesley did not let her children cry out loud (except when in pain) after they were one year old. But John, her son, remarked that it required a woman of GRACE, PATIENCE AND SENSE to do this. "She that is able to receive it, let her receive it."