Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-11-23
G. P. HERRING
Cor. Queen and Martin SITS.


day and night the coutapion. The grave
Yards are full of mothers who died tax
ing care Of their children Better apnre-
ciate your mother before your apprecia-
ton Of her will be no Kindness to her.
and the most mortem regrets will be
more and more of an agony as the wears
mass ON. Big headstones of polished
Aberdeen. and the hest epitapbs which
the family mt together conld comnose
and n garland of whitest roses from the
conservatory are often the attemnt TO
atone for the thanks we oupht TO have
uttered in living ears. and the kind
words that xvonld have done mora good
tban ALI The Gala lilies eyer n;led mn ON
the silent mounds If the cemeteries
Tho world makes annlauditorv ado
over the work of mothers who have
raised bovs to be great men. and could
tnrp n INV booksbelves aud find the
names NJ Il, DISTINGUISHED mon who had
preat mothers eJnvier,s mother. Walter
Scott,s mother ST Rernard's mother
pa,;a,,;, Wast,s ,o.har M ,rha
praises mothers for what tbev do for
danobters who mako tl,e boras If Aner-
len? do not ynow ~ an instance Of
snch recognition decIare n Won that
believe I am ntterino the first word that
has eve, been nttered in annrec;atim ~
the self denial of the fatioues and good
sense and nravers which those mothers
90 tbrouoh who navigate a family Of
girls from tho edpe Of tho cradle Ia the
schoolbouse door and from the school |
bonse door nm to the marriage altar
That is an achievement which tbe eter.
nal God celebrates high mn in the beay-
ems thonoh for II human hands 90 sol.
dom clan the faiptest opplause. Myll
Mvi What time that mother had with
those Youngsters. and If she had relaxed
care and work and advice and solicita
ton of heavenly help, that next genera
tion wculd have landed in the poor
bouse. idiot ASYLUM or penitentiary. II
is while she is living. but never while
she is dead. that some girls call their
mother maternal ances4orn or "tbe old
woman.
Divine Sympathy.
And if You have grief already, and
some Of the Seenest sorrows of a wom
ans life come early. roll it over on
Christ and Won will find him m.re SYM
patbetic than was Queen Victoria, who,
when her children. The princes and prin-
cesses. came ont Of the schoolroom after
the morning lesson had heen given up
by their governess and told how her
voice had trernbled IN the morning pray
err because il was the anniversary Of her
mothers death. and that She had nut
her head down ON the desk and sobbed
"Motherl Motherr' the queen went
in and said TO the eoyerpess: ssMy poor
child am sorry the children disturbed
Won this morning. / win hear their
lessons today. and TO show Won that
have not forpotten The sad anniversary.
I bring YOU this gift, - And the queen
clasped ON the girls wrist mourning
bracelet with lock Of her mothers
| hair All yeu young women the world
around who mourn a like sorrow, and
sometimes in Your loneliness and sorrow
and loss burst out CRYING. "Mother
! Mother p Dot ON your wrist this golden
clasp of divine sympathy, "As one
whom his mother comferteth so will
| comfort you.
| Advice The fourth Allow no time to
pass without Frightening some one 8
| life. Withinsfive minutes walk of yon
there is some one in a tragedy compared
| with which Shakespeare's liking Lear"
| or Victor Hueo's "Jean Vatican" has
no power. Go out and brighten some
body's life with a cheering word or
smile or flower Take good book
and read chapter to that blind man.
Go up that dark alley and make that in
valid woman laugh with some good
story. Go to that house from which that
child has been taken by death and tell
the father and mother what an escape
tho child has had from the winter of
earth into the springtirne of heaven.
/ For Gods sake make some one happy
/ for ten minutes If for no longer a time.
A Young woman bound ON such a mis-
sion-what might she not accomplish
/ Oh. there are Thousands of these manu-
/ facturers Of sunshine. They are Kings
Dauphters' whether inside or outside
that delightful organization. They do
more good before they are 20 years Of
/ age than selfish women who live 30,
and they are so happy just because they
make others happy. Compare such
| young woman who feels she has such
mission with one who lives round OF
1 yanities, cardcase in hand, Calling on