Article February 8, 1900 Issue

There is an old legend that runs in this wise: At creation's...

Harvard (Ill.) Herald

There is an old legend that runs in this wise: At creation's dawn an angel came down to earth and before returning looked about for something to carry back to heaven. There were three things that attracted the attention of the white-winged messenger—a bouquet of sweet flowers that had been gathered from one of the earth's fair and blooming gardens, the smile of a little baby that had been playing with a sunbeam, and a mother's love. These three the angel carried away, but when he reached the pearly gates of paradise the flowers had withered—the baby's smile had vanished. Only the mother's love remained the same, and being found as pure and eternal as the waters that flowed by God's throne, all the angels that ranged about exclaimed in unison: "There is nothing on earth pure enough for heaven but a mother's love!" This was a tribute containing a sublime thought. And through all the ages it has been human experience that the angels referred to in that far away legend were not over-extravagant in the message which they passed out through the open windows of the "many mansions" along the banks of the "River of Gold."—Harvard (Ill.) Herald.

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