Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-06-24
None so Pure and Sublime as a Mothers
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Love.
Written for the BANNER by arG Dick Reed.
| once by character knew . little boy, he
was the Infant con OF a widowed lady, who
bad been reared In luxury, then by disease,
pain and d cath WAS deprived Of her protector
leaving her peneless without any other for
tune except hsE tiny white hands and a dear
little infant three years old; so anxious was
she for his education and discipline hat she
worked very hard to procure books clothes
and pther necsssarIss of life, sbe always
found time TO pray at night and teach her
son 70 love and serve The Lord; by the time
be had retained his eighteenth year, he had
far surpassed other boys both In body and
talent, that one would imagine him a man
Of twenty five, his face wore a bold and ener-
getic look, poor as he was every eas would
say be will make q man OF wealth and re-
nown. Ia that vicinity lived a band of burg
lars who wore disguise by day and robbed
and EsurdsEed by night like Satan, crept into
the garden and stole an interview with the
young man, they told him OF the gold and
silver and pointed out the lofty wsnsions
| WIN Nhtt ppnG ~ Aul RoiAounf kAONob uhh
fields, that his mother should be the occupant
of wealth and splendor as she had in years
gone by; they told him their order wAs fast
increasing in number, but decreasing In form
and intellect, they wished Bim To- command
their clan and lead them TO victory, he en-
listed, took the pledge, went 10 his room but
not TO slsep, left u note on his table saying:
dear mother weep not for me, I'll come back
some day and make you happy rs when a
girl, your son as ayea RAymon- Years roll
cd on. she knew nothing of his wheresbout 3,
when o9a day looking over tbs Daily News
saw the trial and conviction OF her only
child; she sank ~lile.ess on the floor and when
she recovered TO eonscorsness her frst lm-
pulse waa to pray a reprieYe, she arose
went to the jurors, gained theiT sympathy,
they assigned her petition, she sent a mes
sage to the Governor begging an interview,
he refused TO see her face, sAjd he could not
Withstand a mothers pleading, she went "a
her son with bleeedig heart and streaming
eyes, peither ate nor slept.
On tue day Of his execution aho, followed
him 70 the scagold fore.
On, pray my hoy sbo did implores
Pray, Oh, motbel! how could | dare,
No thief or murderer can enter there;
Ny darling pray you are not lost,
The thief was R~ardonedi upon tho, cross.
Both prayed aloud mid all their fears.
The throng, though, thousands, we're
bathed 10 tears;
HAr child wss placed upon the dore,
She screamed, my boy am no more.
Be quick I'm ready In Christ I'm free,
My mothers dead sho'n 10 with me
In one wide grave was laid away,
A tomb was reared with words that say,
, Here lies a mother and her boy,
Seduced by satan. her earthly Joy,
No tongue can tell, no thought reveal
The secseted love that mothers leel;
. No power on earth, though great and wide
q Can ever sever this natural lie.
0 Man and vile are counted one,
a AS 10 Adam and Eve the world begun
IT'S Just and right that they should feel,
a Tnat the deepest love Is firmly sealed.
Nature is arranged by q%usrrel's aud strife
n That a man and his vile can part for HE
- But the child is the body, also the blood;
= Like the angels in heaven perpetual lRYe