Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-12-06
Our Mothers.
WORDS OF WARNING TO YOUNG MEN.

WORDS OF WARNING TO YOUNG MEN,
How often do anxious mothers ask,
"How shall | bring up my children to
correct and cortrol them arightp" Should
any one hint, spare the rod and spoil the
childP A mothers love is too sensitive
and formidable to re combatted in that
way. Then may ask mothers, what
moral region do we live in, or what moral
feelings do we cherish, that would not
unite all the energies of this life to give n
child mild rebuke occasionally. How
often have l heard strplings of boys in
dsobediencc to mothers wish say, Il
shan't. Young man, speak kindly to
your mother. She should be an object of
reverence above and beyond all others.
Her very age should be her surest passport
to courteous consideration. Bear in mind,
young man, that the aged mother of
grown up family nehds no certificate other
than of worth. for she is monument of
excellence, approved and warranted.
She has fought faithfully the good fight
and come off conqueror; and upon her
venerable face she bears the marks of the
conflict in all its furrowed lines. The
most grievous of the ills of life have been
hers; trials untold and uukn )wn only to
her God and herself; and now, in her old
age, is patiently awaiting her appointed
time. She stands more truly beautiful
than ever in youth; more honorable and
deserving than he who has slain his thou
sands, or stood trium phant in the proudest
field of victory.
Young man, pause, think. reflect, for
houghlessness Is the fruitful parent of
blunders, errors, loss, improvdencc,
bHghted hopes, regret, and too often
crime; for evil comes from want of thought
as well as lack of sense.
How often are mishaps and disasters
due mainly 10 our own heedlessncss,
excused or bemoaned with reflection.
"Oh that had thought" Young man,
then speak kindly to your mother, think
tenderly Of her. But little while and
you see her no more forever; her eye is
dim, her form is bent. Others may love
you when she has passed away-kind
hearted sisters perhaps, or she whom of
all the world you choose for a partner.
she may love you warmly, passionately;
children may love you fondly, but never
the love of woman be to you as that of
your Oiu, lIeinuliuS uloIpcl las oetu'
In agony she loved you; through pull
ing, helpless infancy her throbbing breast
was your safe protection and support; in
wayward, touohy boyhood she bore pa
tiently with your thoughtless ruggedncss
and nursed you through legion Of ills
and maladies. Her hand it was that
bathed your burning brow, or moistened
the parched liz, her eye that lighted up
the darkness of wasting, nightly vigils
watching always in your flful sleep
sleepless by your side, as none but she
could watch. On, speak not her name
lightly, for you cannot live so many years
as would suffice to thank her fully. Through
reckless and impatient youth she is your
counsellor and solace, Up to bright man
hood she guides your improvIdent step,
nor even there forsakes or forgets. Speak
gently, then. and reverentIy OF your
mother, and when you, too. shall be Old,
it shall in soma degree tighten the remorso
which shall be yours for other sins. TO
know that never have you outraged the
resi- lect due to your old mother, who never
leaves you until the rehearsal of BLESSED
are the de I'd that die in the Lord"