Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-29
A Chapter On Motherhood and the
Fearful Responsibility Con-
nected Herewith,
s'Hang the Dress On the Bed, Mother,
The $500 Dress, Il is the Price Of
nv SOUL" She Said, and Died.
beware Of tho Young Man VINO Says "Gov-
ernor," "Oid Man." aud the Girl Who
calls Mother cold woman" Etc.
special 10 tho Gazette.

DPWlbt lhiHhpbt ~ ~ VI DAONnAJh
preached In this city this morning on hi
way home from his Western trip, thu
twelfth OF his series OF sermons on "Th'
Marriage Ring" It's subject was "Moth
erhood."
The eloquent preacher took his text,
Samuel II, 10: "Moreover his mother
made him little coat, and brought IL u
him from year 10 year, when she came W
with her husband to offer the yearly sac.
rlhce.D
The story OF Deborah and Abigail arc
very apt TO discourage woman's soul
She says within herself, at Is impossible
that ever can achieve any such grandeur
OF character, and don't mean TO try;" af
though child should refuse TO play
the eight notes because he cannot
execute civilian Tell.r This
Hannah OF the text differs from
the persons Just now named. She was
an ordinary woman, with ordinary Intel
lectual capacity, placed in the ordinary
circumstances, and yet, by extraordinary
piety, standing out before all the ages
TO come, the model Christian mother.
Hannah was the wife of Elkanah, who
was person very much like herself-un-
romantic and plain, never having fought a
battle or been the subject Of marvellous
escape. Neither of them would have
been called genius. Just what you
and l might be, that was Elkanah and
Hannah
The brightest time 10 all the history OF
that family was the birth Of Samuel. AL
though no star ran along the heavens
pointing down 10 his birthplace, think
the angels Of God stopped at the coming
OF so wonderful prophet.
AS Samuel had been given in answer TO
prayer, Elkanah and all his family, save
Hannah, stared up to Shiloh to offer sac
rilices OF thanksgiving The cradle where
the child slept was altar enough for Han
nah's grateful heart, but when the boy
was old enough she took him to Shiloh
and took three bullocks, and an ephah Of
flour, aud bottle of wine, and made Of
fering OF sacrifice unto the Lord and
there, according 70 a previous VOW, she
left HIM for there he was TO stay all the
days Of his life, and minister IN the
temple.
Years rolled on, and every year Hannah
made with her own hand garment for
Samuel, and took IL over to him. The
lad would have got along wen without
that garment, for suppose he was wen
clad by the ministry Of the temple; but
Hannah could not be contented unless
she was all the time doing something for
her darling boy Moreover his mother
made him little coat, aud brought IL to
him from year TO year, when she came up
with her husband to offer the yearly sac
rliices.p
Hannah stands before you, then, in
the first place as an Industrious mother.
There was no need for her To work.
Elkanah, her husband, was far from poor.
lie belonged to distinguished family !;
Tor the bible tells us that he was the son
of Jereboam, the son of Ellhu, the son of
John, the son OF Zuph. "Who are they?i'
you say. do not know, but they were
distinguished people, no doubt, or their
names would not have been mentioned
Hannah might have seated herself
with her family and, with folded
arms and dlshevelled hair read
novels from year to year, II there
had been any 60 read but when see her
making that garment and taking II over
TO Samuel, l know she Is Industrious
from principle as well as
from pleasure. God would not
have mother become drudge OF
slave; He would have her employ al,
the helps possible In this day in the rear
ing OF her children, But Hannah ought
never TO be ashamed to be found making
a coat for Samuel.
Most mothers need no counsel In this
direction. The wrinkles on their brow,
the pnllor on their cheek, the thimble.
mark on their finger attest that they are
faithful In their maternal duties. The
bloom, and the brightness, and the
Ylvaclty OF girlhood have given place foi
the grander dignity, and usefulness, and
Industry OF motherhood, But there Is q
heathenish idea getting abroad in some
OF the families OF Americans; there arc
mothers who Danish themselves from the
home circle. For three-fourths of their
maternal duties they prove themselves
Incompetent. They are ignorant OF
what their children wear, and what thelI
children cat, and what their children
read. They lutrust to irresponsible
persons these young immorials, ant
allow them TO be under Influences whict
may cripple their bodies, or faint Ithell
purity, or spoil their manners, or destroy
their souls.
From the awkward cut of Samuels Goa
YOU know his mother Hannah did no
make it. Out from under flaming chan
deliers, and OFF from imported carpet!
aud down the granite stairs, there Ia,
come great crowd of children In thl'
day, unframed, sauey, Incompetent for al
practical duties Of life, ready to be caugh
IN the first whirl of crime and sensuallty
lndoeut and unfalthful mothers vii
make indolent and unfaithful children
You cannot expect neatness and order IL
any house whore the daughters see moth
ing but slatternllness and upside .downa
tiveness In their parents. Let Hanuat
be idle, and most certainly Samuel will
grow up idle,
Who are the industrious men in all ouI
occupations and professional Who ar,
they managing the merchandise OF tn,
world, building the walls, timing III,
roofs, weaving the carpets, making th'
laws, governing the nations, making tn,
earth TO quake, aud heaye, and roar, ant
rattle With the tread OF gigantic enter
prisess Whs are theyg For the mos
part they descended from industriou:
mothers, who, In the old homestead, uset
to spin their own yarn, and weave theil
own carpets, and plait their own door
mats, and flag their own chairs
and do their own work. The stal
wart men and the influential women o
this day, ninoty-nine out OF hundred O
them, came from such an illustrlous an
poStrv ~ hard Lnucklas and homQanun