LITTLE THINGS BY Charles Robert Morrison

lessedness of the giver himself. No man, or set of men, can possibly
carry out the intentions as economically or as wisely and well as the
testator, as he himself could have done while living.
Even when money is personally kept under one's own supervision, and
the children are denied its use in small measure and in a co-operative
way, they are deprived also of that wise counsel and discreet assistance
in its management that none but father or mother may be able to give.
"Had I a boy and one hundred thousand dollars, I would keep the two as
far apart as possible," is credited to a recent member of the United
States Congress. Men who have come up from the ranks, who have
known what denial of self and subjection of spirit means, as well as the
valuable lessons of industry and economy and judicious investment of time
and means, could wish no better experience and result for their
children, than they themselves have had.
Let the failures of others, be a lesson that benefits us, before it is too
late! The best gift any man can bestow upon his child is a good name. If
this is done, it will be followed by careful instruction in the
fundamentals of an education--in mental, moral, and manual training.
Help the young to independence. Take out from under them, all
artificial and unnecessary supports; instruct them in the value and
happiness of self-earned wealth, and they will then have a permanent
source of income.
The unwise and wicked accumulation of wealth without a constantly
increasing benevolent spirit, will be seen in soul-shrinkage, in distrust
of God, and wasteful distribution in the third generation, if not in the
second, that will mean more than loss of money. It will be felt in
indifference toward God's children of misfortune; of hurtful excesses
in luxurious living; in examples of extravagance beyond the means of the
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