Conversing the other day with an interesting little girl, between the ages of six or seven, I took the occasion to impress upon her mind the debt of gratitude due from her to her heavenly Father for bestowing upon her so good and a kind daddy, whom everyone loved. I was perfectly thunderstruck by her answer. Looking me full in the face with her soft tender blue eyes, she replied, "He never speaks kind to me." Perhaps this Christian father, harassed with the cares of business, was unconscious that he had roughly checked the fond attentions of his child;-- but could cares, or interruptions of his child, excuse such unkindness, or total want of tokens of endearment?

Will fathers examine their habits on this point?

Dear Fathers,
This little article was written over 164 years ago, yet sadly the theme of the story still remains the same even today. God has entrusted you with the care of precious little souls. What a wonderful blessing that the God of all creation found you worthy to be the father to these little treasures. Won't you spend time with them today? Take time and encourage them...each day passes..one less...till they have grown and gone. Enjoy this time, make it special and you will reap a harvest of love, for a lifetime. Count your self very, very blessed!!