Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-29
Gods Relation to Mothers.

for the first time, her first-born's
breath, she not only is concious Of
her tender relation directly to that
newborn creature, bat feels new
tenderness and sacredness added to
her relation TO her husband. Dear
as the babe is, considered simply as
her own, IT 10 yet more precious be-
cause it is his. Closely and tenderly
as she was united to him before, che
feels the union To be closer and ten
derer now
Ia still higher sense does Chris
tian mother fad that her experience
of maternity gives u new precious
ness and sacredness to her relation
TO God She was His creature be-
fore, now she is the mother of His
creature. The great God has come
very near TO her. He has made her
the subject of the most marvellous
exercise of His power which nature
ever exemplifieF. However lightly
and profanely this may be treated by
some, the Bible teaches us to regard
it with the utmost reverence and So
Unity.
The birth of child is a more Won
derful event than the creation of q
material world. God causes a new
humane life TO begin in MYSTERIOUS
connection with the life of the moth
er. 1t is possible to receive such a
gift with n natural joy, without duly
regarding the divine giver. 1t is
possible to feel the gush of that new
fountain of affection, without thought
fully considering who has opened it.
1t is perhaps possible for a mother
to look upon her own child, and feel
the pleasing emotions connected with
the thought, that it is her child, with
out solemnly remembering that it is
gift from God. 1t must not be so
with Christian mothers. Thoy
should remember that God has come
near to them in a wonderful manner.
and has brought them into a new
and peculiar relation to Himself
This relation is distinctly recognized
in His word, and He has made it the
subject Of special covenant. This
covenant is indeed with both the pa
rents, if they are both believers. |
would fain encourage all such TO take
a strong hold upon Gods promise,
that He will be a God to them, and
to their seed after them. But in
order to claim this promise, Christian
mother, you must make the same un-
reserved commitment of your child
to God which you are required to
make of yourself. This, when you
view God rightly, will be your high
est privilege You will commit your
child to God more trustfully, more
joyfully, than you lay it in the arms
of its father. This may involve
your consent to painful separation
You may be called to give up your
child, in death, to Him who gave it f.;
or you may b, called to consent that
the winds and waves shall bear that
child far away from You to some dis
tant heather land, where "the Lord
hath need of him" There are MANY
mothers, who know by experience.
that keen as the pang of such part
ing is, there is also peculiar new
joy, which springs mp from it, hike
clear fountain, and flows on in a Sc
rene and steady stream Of precious
experience, through all the life.
When Christ is so precious to you
that you freely give to Him, not only
yourselves, but your children-those
dearer selves when you have learn
ed to think of them as His, and to
train them as His. and love them as
His-even as you have always
thought Of them and loved them as
the children Of him who, of all men,
is the object of your strongest affec-
tion-then will you know how sacred
and how sanctifying, and how heav-
emily God has designed and fitted the
maternal relation to be.-ReU. DR..
Nelson, IN Evangelist