ittle 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