The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-06
A Mothers Love.
FOX the Press

Not one of us knows how to appreciate
a true mother, until we ourselves become /
mothers. We are too apt to think her .
exacting because she watches over ~ % .
closely. when it i her pure, undying B
love for us that cuusea her thus T. .
watch over Us. \ true mother wouid =
die for her child, if need he; but haw
feg; IF H. love, ho-.cr and respect ti2' .
dear mother. aS we ough, until ;lie cold
hand al death has laid il 10y bands iP-
on her. and horae. Il-r from "1r ~i-.s'-
Then " would give worlds, had #e
sIen, to give. could W. ha; cali her
back, to ask her fnrsivne-~ Tor every M
kind word ard look. Little do these
children know or care how ii cuts 10 the
heart Of their parents, when they speak
unkindlv 10 them Your parents, il j.
true may speak little cross 10 you at
times, without intending to be unkind-
remember that they have much TO both
er and perplex them, and perhaps speak
cross to those they love best. Now niy
dear childlen. let me try 70 impress m:-
on your mind the obligations yon are
under to your parents, who have watch
ed over and toiled for you. when yoH
were hslprass and unable to care for your
selves. And now that you have com
Portable homes Of yoGr own, mast faith
er and mother be forgotten? or be treat
cd with Indifference or neglect, should
they be less dear. because they are grow
( ing old, Remember thar in fcw short
| years at the Longest, they will be taken
I from YOU Now let ME cntreat OF you,
as You value your future happiness, 10
/ cherish and protest them while you may.
! Nowadays it is no uncommon thing
I for children to treat their parents with
I disrespect. Instead of father and moth
er. it is the old man and the old woman.
never address them kindly-but COM
mand them to do this and do that, in
stead of waiting on, and anticipating
their every want-vOu expect them to
wait on you. Oh, do not begrndge them
the small pittance it takes to make them
/ comfortable. Give them a home in
your hearts and seat at your fireside,
show them, BY little acts of kindness
that you love and respect them. Never,
oh,-never, speak an unkind word to
these parents. Never, by word or look,
give them to understa d that they are
not welcome, or that they could ever be
in your way. When that fond parent
has said, God bless and protect thee, my
child, and smiled upon thee for the last
time, then, perhaps, you begin to APP
preciate them, and wish you had treated
them more kindly. But now it Is too
late. They have gone, never more to
return, while you are left to be treated
Just as unkindly by your own children
We all Of us owe our parents debt We
can never pay. When | say that, do
not mean those unnatured parents who
begrudge their children every mouthful
they eat, but l mean those parents who
! correct you when you do wrong, and pet
you when you do right. If parents would
) set better examples before their children
| there would be far less crime in the
world Truly the sins of the parents are
handed down, from one generation IL
another, and | suppose there are ter
times more murders committed at The
: present day accordingly to the number
Of inhabitants than there was thirty
or forty years ago. But still, each gen
Grafton is said to be growing wiser anc
wiser. Children treat their parents viii
} far less respect than they did at thd
| time. Is that sign Of wisdom? If so
: give nue. the good old days of yore wher
almost every child considered il dis
grace 10 treat their parents with disre
: pect. At that time, children took de
light in administering TO the wants anc
wishes of their parents. 1t then seemed
a pleasure not Il task to wait on father
and mother But nowadays childrei
(or many of them do expect their par
: entS to work and slave for them a. lons
: as they can, and when they have got al
hat the old folks have toiled, early anC
late 10 accumulate they begrndge then
: the short lease of life allotted TO them
{ and often glad when their parent
: have breathed their last breath. Blu
such children are not natural children
and are not lit to he fathers and moth
ers, for in all probability, their chiidrel
< will be far worse than themselves,
possible. AUNT MARY.
, Straitsvile, Perry Co. Ohio.