Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-31

form and literature and eloquence and law
-nnd benevolence nave come from the fields.
Washington from the fields. Jefferson
from, the fields The presidential martyrs.
Garfield and Lincoln, from the fields.
Henry CLAY from the fields Daniel Web
ster from the fields. Martin Luther from
the fields. Before this world is right the
Overlooking populations Of our crowded
cities will have to take to the fields.
Instead of ten merchants in rivalry as to
who shall sell that one apple we want at
least eight of them TO go out and raise APP
ples Instead Of ten merchants desiring 10
sell that one bushel of wheat we want at
least eight of them to go out and raise
wheat The world wants now more hard
hands. more bronzed cheeks, more muscu-
lararms. Tothe fields. God honored them
when he woke up the shepherds by the
midnight anthem, and he will, while the
world lasts, continue to honor the fields
| When the shepherds crook was that ia
nous night stood against the wall OF the
| Bethlehem khan, il was "A prophecy OF the
time when thrslsher's fail and farmers
pillow and woodlands AK and ox's yoke and
sheafbinder's rake shall surrender to the
God who made the country. as man made
the town.
Behold, also. that ON that Christmas
night God honored motherhood. Two an
gels on their wings might have brought
an infant Saviour to Bethlehem without
Mary's being there at all. When the vii
layers. on the morning Of December *
awoke, by divine arrangement and in some
unexplained way. the child Jesus might
have been found in some comfortable cradle
OF the village. But no. mol Motherhood for
all time was to be cOnsecrated, and one OF
the tenderest relations was TO be the ma
ternal relation. and one of the sweetest
words, Mother" In all ages God has
honored good motherhood. John Wesley
had a good mother, st. Bernard had good
mother, Samuel Budget good mother,
Doddridge a good mother, Walter Scott
good mother. Benjamin West good
mother.
In great audience. most Of whom were
Christians. asked that all those who had
been blessed of Christian mothers arise,
and almost the entire assembly stood up
Don't you see how important it is that all
motherhood be consecrated? Why did
Titan, the Italian artist when he sketched
the Madonna, make it an Italian face! I
Why did Rubens, the German artist, in
his Madonna, make il German faceg
Why did Joshua Reynolds, the English !
artist, ia his Madonna, make il an English |
facei Why did Murillo, the Spanish artist, |
in his Madonna, make il a Spanish facet | /,
never heard hut ! think they took their |
own mothers As the type Of Mary. the |
mother OF Christi When you hear some |
one, in sermon or Grafton, speak in the alb
stract Of good. faithful. honest mother. |
your eyes fill up with tears while you say |
to yourself, THAT was my mother"
THE GLORY or MOTHERHOOD.
The first word child utters is apt to be
Mother" and the old man in his dying
dream calls "Motherl motherr' II matters
not whether she was brought up in the sur
of city. and in aflinent home
and was dressed appropriately with refer
ance to the demands OF modern life or
whether she wore the old time cap and
great round spectacles, aud apron of her
lwn make, and knit your socks with her
,wn needles, seated by the broad fireplace,
With great black logs ablaze on a winter
hight Il matters not how many wrinkles
rossed and recrossed her face, or how
mich her shoulders stopped with the bur
lens of long life. II you painted Ma
Ionna. hers would be the face. What
,entle hand she had when we were sick,
nd what voice TO sooth pain. and was
here any one who could so ill up "A room
With peace and purity and lightg And
What sad day that was when we came
ome and she could greet US not. for her
FPS were forever still.
Come back. mother. this Christmas day
nd take your old place. and AS ten or
wenty or fifty wears ago come and open
he old Bible as you used to. re,d and kneel
D the same place where you used to pray.
nd look upon US as of old, when you
-ished us "A merry Christmas or "A happy
lew Year But, mol That would not be
lir 70 call you back You hud troubles
nough and aches enough and hereave-
tents enough while you were here Tarry
y the throne. mother till we join you
lere, your prayers all answered. and in
le eternal homestead Of our God we shall
gain keep Christmas jubilee together
ut speak from your thrones all you glori-
ed mothers, and say to all these, your
ms and daughters. words Of love, words
warning, words of cheer They need
our voice, for they have travelled far and
ith many heartbreak since you left
lem, and you do well to call from the
lights Of heaven to the valleys Of earth:
all. enthroned ancestry We are coming. ,
eep place right beside you at the ban.
let
Slow footed yearsl More swiftly run
Into the gold OF that unsetting sun:
Homesick we are for thee.
Calm land beyond the sea-