The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27

Tell ne, mon and WCMen, young ard
cid, did any Of Us appreciate how much
mother was to us until she was gone:
Ycurs woman, you will probably never
have Il mCrc diSintcr"@tcd friend than
Your mother When sEc say; anything
IS unsafe or inprudcEt, you had letter
believe it is unsafe CT i,nprrGcrt. When
>he declares it is something yen ought
10 do, think yCu h&G letter do it. Sho
Las seen mCrc Cf Tic world than yc:l
have. Do yen think size could have any
merrcnary CT CCntemptiblc motive III
what she advises yo:? She would give
her life for yea i II were called foT. DO
you know Cf any CrC else Whow would 90
more than hat for yea: Do you EEoW
Cf ally cn0 who would Go rs n:pth?
Again and again she has already eEG"n-
gcrcd tlat life during six weeks Ct
diphthCria CT scarltt fever, and she
never cIicc brought Up Tie question CT
whether $50 had 'bctt = stay, breathing
day and night the coEtlgiOn. The grave
yaIds arc full Cf mothers who died tax
ing care of their children. Better appre-
ciato your mother before your apprecia-
tion CT Eer will te no kindness to Lcr,
and the post mCrteIn regrets Will t0
moro and moro CT al agony as the years
pass CT. Big hcadStOres Of polished
Aberdeen, and the best cpitarhs which
the family put together could compose,
and garland CT whitcst roses from the
conservatory arc often the attempt to
atone fer tic thanks VIC ought to have
altered il living ears, and the kind
words that wculd have done more good
than all the Gala lilies ever piled up Oh
tho silent mounds Of tic cemeteries.
The world makes applauditcry ado
over the work of mothers wEo lave
raised boys to be great mcn, ard l could
turn to my booksbc!ves and find the
names CT so distinguished men who had
great mothers--CuvieT's mother, Walter
SCOTS mother, St. Bernard's mother,
Benjamin Vests mother. But Who
praises mothers for what they do fer
daughters who make tie homes CT Amer
ica? I do not know CT Cd instance Of
such recognition. I declare to you that l
believe am utterin2 the first word that
has ever been uttered il appreciation OF
the self denial, Of the fatigucs and good
sense and prayers which these mothers
60 through who navigate family OF
girls from the edge Ct the cradle to the
schoClhCusc door, and from the school
house door Up to the marriage altar
That is an achievement which The eter-
nal God celebrates high up IN the heav-
ems, though for it human hands SO sell
dem clap the faintest applause. My !!
N.Y. What time that mother had with
those youngsters, ard if she had relaxed
care and work and advice and solicita-
tion cf heavenly help, that rext genela-
tion would have landed in the poor
house, idiot asylum or penitcrtiary. 1t
is while she is living, but never while
she is dead, thas some girls call their
mother maternal ancestor or "the old
woman.
Divine Sympathy.
And if ycu have a grief already, and
somo Ct the kcencst Sorrows CT wCm-
ans life ccme carly, roll it over ca
Christ ard you will find him mere synl-
pathetic than was Queen Victoria, who,
when her children, the princes and prin-
ccsscs, came cut Of the schoolroom after
the morning lessen had been given up
By their governcss and told how her
voice had tremblcd IL tie morning pray
er tecause it was the anniversary of her
mothers death, and that she had put
her head down en- the desk and sObbed
"Mother! Motherr' tie queen went
in and said to the goveTness: My poor
child I an sorry The children disturbed
you this morning. l will hear their
lessons today, and to show ycu that l
have not forgotten the sad anniversary,
1 bring you this gift. And tho queen
clasped Oh the girls wrist mourning
bracelet with a lCck Ct Eer mothers
hair. All ycu young women the wcrlG
around who mourn q like sorrow, and
sometimes in your loneliness and sorrow
and loss burst cut crying, "Mother !
Mother!" Pot Cn your wrist this golden
clasp of divine sympathy, "As cne
whom his mother cCnforteth so will I
comfort yOu.
Advice the fourth: Allow 10 time to
PASS without Frightening some ones
life. Within five minutes walk Of yen
there is some one in tragedy compared
with which Shakespcarc's King Lear
or Victor Hugo's jean Valjean' has
no power Go cut and brighten some
body's life with q cheering word CT
smile CT flower: Take good book
and read a chapter to that blind man.
Go up that dark alley and make that in
valid woman laugh with sCme good
story. Go to that house from which that
child has been taken By death ard tell
the father and mother what az escape
the child has had from the winter CT
earth into the sprinStime CT heaven.
For GCG's sake make some Cre happy
for ten minutes il for 10 longer time.
A young woman bound cn such a mis-
siCr-wEat might she not accomplish
Oh, there are thousands CT these manu-
facturcrs Of sunshine. They are Kings
Daughters" whether inside CT outside
that delightful organization. They do
more good before they are &c years Of
age than selfish women who live 90,
and they are so happy just because they
make others happy. Compare such a
young woman who feels she has such
mission with Cne wEo lives 4 round Of
vanitias, cardc&se in hand, calling On
people fer whom she does net care cx-
cept for some social advantage, and in
sulfcrably bored Wien the call is re-
tuned, and trying to lCck young after
she is old, and living l;fe CT insin
cerity and Eollowress and dramatiza
ticn and sham. Young woman, live to
make others happy, and you will be hap
py. Live for yourself, and ycu will bo
miserable. There never has been 2u cx-
ception TO tie rule; there never will be
an exception.
l have noticed On many cf tie rail
roads that TIC porter will 90 around and
light the LAMPS while it is bread day
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