The value of a praying mother

d of his mission to humanity. She taught them how God looked upon disobedience, and always illustrated her talks with interesting Bible stories

ng happened that helped the children to apprehend their mother's meaning. This incident, although in some measure p

rls, who were then at the ages of two and four years. Mrs. Worthington carefully warned the children of the danger of playing near the lake shore; but, not reali

they were talking about a trip to the forbidden lake. They hesitated some time, but at last walked slowly down the hillside to the lake. Again they hesitat

was just about to take her little sister back to the house, when she heard a rustling among the branches of a tall tree directly above the path over which she must pass. The next moment she thought she heard a low growl. "O Louise," she cried, "I do believe that is the bear papa told us about." The tree then began to sway from side to side and they heard another growl, louder than the first. Seizing her little sister's hand, Bessie hastened to help her out of the water. By this time both were thoroughly frightened; for while visiting one of the parks in Chicago once, they had s

ad been the supposed bear and that he had taken this course to teach the children a lesson.

hristian, she believed in keeping the confidence of her children and in praying with them when they were disobedien

though they might think when tempted to disobey that nobody saw them, yet there was one whose eye was ever beholding their deeds, whether good or bad. Then she knelt in prayer with her chil