The Mother of a Devil!

A pious young man, passing along a street in a country town, observed a woman coming hastily out of an entry, and calling angrily to a little boy who was playing at a short distance, "Come here, you young devil!"

A person passing, stopped on hearing her, and inquired, "Is that your son?"

"Yes," was the reply.

"Dear me," said the other, "what a dreadful thing to be the mother of a devil!"

The look that mother gave on hearing this can never be forgotten. Out of her own mouth was this ungodly mother condemned. Mothers, is it even thus with you? Do you ever condemn yourselves? In a moment of irritation, have you ever uttered unholy language to recoil upon yourselves? Oh! breathe forth to God the earnest prayer, "Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth : keep the door of my lips."--A. C.