Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-10-13
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iirst feeble cry, its guardian-mother
never allows her love to falter or fail.
lfthere is any exception to this genar.
al rule. il usually springs from mania,
having its r~redisposin. causes in de-
fective civilization, and when reason
resumes its sway the remors of her
who has crushed the browning attri-
butte of womanhood under foot is as
bitter as it is abiding. While instinct
impels some of the predatory tribes of
animals 10 fight to the death for their
young, this protective care ceases as
the objects of it approach maturity.
In the case of Christianized woman,
maternal affection is as enduring as life
itself, and whether her offspring be in
health or sickness, in prosperity or adj
versity, in honor or dishonor il re-
mains constant and sure. The more
helpless and degraded, indeed, the Oh
.jcct of it seems to be, the more ardent
and unwavcring will the love of a true
mother become. Ii is this noble char
actcri>tic of her almost angelic nature,
that ~clera:es woman far above man,
and gives her the highest place among
created beings.
With wha. devoted Tenderness does
a mother watch owe her graded babe.
If it is freiiul and ailing, she suffer,
with it by night and by day. If she is
poor and is compelled to live where il
cannot enjoy health, her anxiety on
its ccount is ceasclesS. "if | had but
a little money. says she, with which
to take my suffering child To the sea-
shore or into the country, how happy
l should bel"
The man who, having been pros
trated by disease in youth or early
manhood, enjoyed the inestimab!e
blessing of IL mothers watchtul care.
will never forget the tenderness and
love with which she nursed him back
to life. When Il gentle hand ba;hcd
his throbbing temples, it was his
mothers hand. When a soothing
Voice was leard by his bedside, it was
hts mothers voice; when i'll the deli
rum OF fever lie sought to leave his
couch, the arm that held him back. he
seemed then to feel was his mothers
arm; and when, in his tardv Gonzales
cen,c. he longed to be in the invigor-
ating Sunshine and with the bloonlirg
flowers. the companion constantly Ivy
his side, anticioatIng his every peeNi>ii
wish, and bearing with him IA ii he
were Il child again, was his mother;
though her form WAS wasted and worn
and her cheeks hollow and pale, She
seemed to know it not. Her UnscliiSh
thoughts were for her recovering boy
and anew her life was united with iis.aS
it had been in his early days, q did
the maternal solicitudc abale its gen
cIol." efforts uatil is object was him
self again IN the vi@or oi health.
Enter with me through the massive
gates of Il criminal prison. Approach
Il c grated entrance Of ii cherries cell
where the red handed murderer is
waiting for the execution Of a legal
sentence, the justice of which he daras
hot sincerely call in Question. See
him how cold an cynical he is TO lie
wardens. as he jcers At the Court be-
tore wl,icli he wis fairly tried. He is
hard OF face and fearless HOW. as lie
stec!s himself against inevi able ia.e.
But look /. an AGED woman bowed
with care and SORROW is drawing near.
He no.i"es her approach. His ha--
gard face is Suddenly b'anchcd. and
his usually iirIn-set lips, uncOnScioUs-
~ "a himself, are seen 70 CULVER. Who
is size: y haSty embrace, and the tear
stained checks OF the heretofore hard
ened r~riS0uertell the Whcie story. His
widowed. broken hearted mother. un-
staut in her affection Tor her son even
70 the hast, is weeping in his arms. In
her sight he is aot a lad and danger
ous man; her love il 50 Unfolding in
t. ,,f -, ~, : hat IL I:.1ax III -,. ,,D.,
tie eye of her Judgment. To her he is
the boy of long past Years. when she
thought she knew his every fault. He
may o be disI,i>ei and disowed 10y
all, but, by his motlier-never. no,
never! while lie remains.
When the icy touch of death is fplt
in the sick room. and the eye of the
emaciated sufferer is closing on the
things OF earth; when the labor,m-
heart and lung; are counting oul HE
last feeble rul>ation~ of an ebbing life;
and when tie wcef.ng friends around
are waiting in >olonMn silence for The
moment ri which the unknown future
shall claim another human soul. the
~SorroWing nlo.hcr Of HE DYING is not
an unconscious nor Inactive observer
OF The final scene. Her grief, however
pun9ont. is active. and finds express
sion in those little expressions Of en-
dearment OF which maternity alone *
capable, and not until death ellsiie> DO
The Claims of exhausted nature assert
heir power i'll her complete rrostra-
tiou.
70 the eye of the Christian phi!an-
thropi,t there can be no act in the
family more potent with blessings 10 a
coming generation than a sincerely de
won't mo ha", teaching her lit.le chill
dren bending at her knee the simple
clements o! believing prayer. After
long Year Of spiritual carc!CSSnrs>.
some event Of daily life may touch The
heart OF ,lle ioraetful subjects Of such
mothcrly attentions, and lead tn1Ht IN
timely repentance. Memory. at such
all important moments, Will recall the
looks. The touch. the voice and ;he
words of her Who. il May lie, has fer
years been in the grave, and thus
though dead she VIII inNi:ethem again
in accents Of love 10 prepare for Il
coming eternity.
Surely lie Nfo has called into being
the enduring aticcsion OF Il Christian
mother. must Himself be ;hc fountain
Of all-sil!iicieul love. lie Is termed
"Our Father" and reconciiiiig siniul
mortalS into Himself through an atom
ing Savior, He displays without liini-
tation, except that Which ma himself
occasions, all the tender watchiul
affection tor His redeemed children
that lie has enabled the human
mo. her 10 manifest, in Il limited de
gree, toward those she So sine rely
| loves. he conducts them safely
through this world; carvcS ont their
lot il, lie So that the true end Of their
/ earthly existence may he attained;
lays His affecting hand upon chem he
cause OF their sins; comforts and
cheers them in their sincere repent
ance; unholdS them in sickness, sor-
row and want: guides them through
/ the valley of DEAN; and, finally, with
Il million times o than Il mo.heE's
/ love and ~taithtulneSs. takes them
home 20 Heaven 10 be forever with
Himself.
REGISrER.-But six mere days re-