Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1857-09-17
Little. Folks Column,
4 Paving or Mother.

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GO Smother" said little. blackreyed9
boy of six years. 'swhen you get old
and want some one to. read to you, III
win pay you off. ~
Little Alexander's mother had been
in the habit Of reading to him a great
deal, and on this Sabbath day, she had.
read to him a long time out of the Bi-.
bic and a Sabbath school book. The
child was just able to read a little him
self, and the progress he was making
doubtless suggested to him how he.
might at some future time return in
kindness all his mothers care. '1
will pay you of, mother" 7" said he, look
ing into her face with child satisfac-
ton, andqifta new thought from1heaT-
en,h had been sent down to light up the
little. world of his soul, His mother
pressed him to her heart with de-
light that seemed to say, My dear
son, i am more than paid off already" :"
But, children, you. can neYer pa Y off
a mother, Her thoughts Of love ,aInld( and
acts of affection are more in number
than the days oflfe.. From the hour
of birth, mother has been one with
you. How often has she noufished
| you, dressed you, kissed YOU rocked
you on her knee and in the cradle, car car
ried you in her tender arms, watched
over you in sleep, guided your infant
steps, delightedin the edawning intelli-
4 gence of your eye, and the. winnings
/ fection Of your smile, hushed yoqi
/ pains and sufferings, sweetly adjuged
! many appeal cases to her sympathy
correcBedatItimes your misdemeanors
thought of yopsin absence, and guard
[ ed your life with the 2unEarying re
membranes Of a mothers -solicitude
\ and theg free WillaoFering Of a mother
devotion? All, dear child, you car
nexert.pay5 off mothefP' noo9e no ,yt
Mother has taught you to read ant
, to pray, She has patiently sat b.
/ you ! and taught you the letters Of tn.
alphabet; and then she helped you t
Iputthem together and to spell llwOrdso
: thought She taught you spell God
And before you could read, she taufgsEh u1fsEh
: you to say, "Qur Father, which art i
i heaven 81 Mother has trained you Wit
I lessons, and hymns, and prayers, t
{ come to- Christ, to whom you haveIbee
dedicated in baptism. She has pray
E ed for you when none but God kne'
: it, and has prayed with you when you
; wondering eyes understood not tn
. meaning other grave andoimplorin
!, looks.df She has taken youion the Sat
bath to church, and showed you no
to behave in the sanctuary, and, b
! her example, she has pointed you I
heaven, and "led the way" 20 De'
: child, you can never ''pay off mother.
Yes, there is one Way-Tthere is on
way in which you can more than pa
J off mother. It is by loving jest
Q Christ and his commandments, and b
\ preparing foraheayen.o1M Mother is g
q ing there. She is getting ready,fC
J that blessed abode, where the paren
e and children may meet together aroun
n the throne of God and the Lamb
: There Jesus dwelIs in glory, which
communicates to the saints of all gel
erations-that. same, Jesus, who sal
- "Sufer little children to come ,un
. me, and forbid them not; for Of SUI
! is the kingdom ofheaven," Come, Ii
y tie children, come to Jesus Christ !
Come, Alexander, and pay off mothe
1t by praising God with her in heaven! |!