Weekly Trinity journal., 1865-12-30
NUMBER 81.
Very Uncommon.

The following interesting article, from the pen
of Rev DR.. Todd, of Pttsfeld refers to the fam
y of the venerable Rev DR.. Field, of Stockbridge,
Berkshire county, Massachusetts At the gate
way of one of our beautiful rural cemeteries,
large funeral was just entering, as our attention
was called to q very remarkable sight. The bier
was resting on the shoulders of four tall, noble
looking men in the prime of life. One of these
bearers was q Judge on the bench of the Supreme
Court of the nation. A second was one of the
most eminent and accomplished lawyers of whom
this or any other country can boast A third
was very distinguished divine whose pen is
great power. And the fourth the president
of the Senate of his State. And these remarka-
Bile men were brothers ! They stood strong in
life, but were bowed and silent and solemn, as if
the bier was too heavy for their strength. Very
slowly and carefully they trod, as if the sleeper
should not feel the motion. And who was on
the bier, so carefully and tenderly borne? 1t trds
their mother! Never did | see grief more
rcyerent, or respect more profound 1t seemed
to me that the mothers cold heart must also
throb in the coffin. 4 nobler sight, or a more
beautiful tribute of love, | They
were all, doubtless, going back in memory to
their early childhood, and to their loving care of
this best of all earthly friends. They well knew
that they, the sons of poor village pastor, could
never have been trained and educated and fitted
to occupy their stations without n very e1-
traordinary mother. They well knew that they
owed more TO her than to all other human
agencies No shoulders but theirs must bear
the precious dust to the gravcyard no hands
but theirs must deposit it in its last resting
place That body had been inhabited by one of
the sweetest, most cheerful and brilliant minds
that inhabited earthly tabernacle. 1t
had long. too been the temple of the Holy
Ghost. What that lovely woman had done to
make her husband 5 ministry useful and profita-
BILE what she had done in training daughters
that are ornaments to their sex; what she had
done to make these distinguished men what they
arc-who can tell? What has not such mother
accomplished who has given such an influence to
the world? | never see one of these sons, but my
thoughts 90 back to the home Of their child
hood and can hardly keep my eyes from filling
with tears | think of that mother How many
men start upon the stage of life and feel they
are great and filing great spheres of useful
ness, who are really dwarfs in comparison with
such 4 character. When that mother went
down to the very brink of the grave, that she
might bring up life her children were born,
she toiled unseen and unpraised through all
their training what an influence was she prepar-
ing to leave upon the world after she should be
numbered with the dead We may develop
ourselves, and think we have done well if we
achieve anything in life, when, most likely
if anything valuable in us is developed, we owe
it chiefly to patient meek, unnoticed
mother. She forms the character which we
develop Aud it is much owing to Ignorance of
tie laws of influence that prevents the mother
from receiving that love and respect she de-
serves.
Heaven will be just where not and |
can fin no words in which to express my APP
probation of such a friend Some few who
have early lost their mother through death,
the loss of reason, come ont useful and respect
able men but they would, probably, have been
much so, had they enjoyed her love and
care. They may well mourn the loss all their
days. The of the mothers of Moses, of
Samuel, of Timothy, and other eminent men are
recorded and so the names of the mothers
Of the wicked kings generally recorded, as if to
tie them to the disgrace of their sons.
O mother amid all your anxicties and labors,
be assured that the time is coming when your
name and image will fill the chambers of the
memories of your children no other can.
You are garnering up love, respect, and venera-
ton which will gather around your coffin, if not
before. You will grow in the hearts of your
children as long you live.
o son of the good mother remember that she
hath spared nothing that the human heart could
Weld for thy good Let thy love and gratitude
and reverence flow back upon her, and if her
hair is becoming silycred with age, remember
that thy opportunities to administer to her COM
fort are every day becoming fewer. God help
thee to cheer her.-Honc nonUly.