The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26

piration Of being savior In ~.
Of God committed to ner trle, ealt
tianity properly begins with H. l4a
which means after all THAI il l.4
in the holy aspirations and nur. VIs9
the mother, Life is to be rada.r.N"s,
its fountains and at It's eoI,ra'l
Christian motherhood is second o-1 4
if not first In irona',.s
to a Christian fatherhood rbrs,al..s
mother once told me thai She h.ot'oo'4o
Christian not for herself only. I'm, =.
the little ones sake. Suca lis an ~
Christianity. 1t is a savior mo,5s..
hood. Would to God this worlo .11 ''
feel such a motive thrilling its ssls.!
heart. To redeem childhood We NM,
have a redeemed motherhood "
When the world is wise it will 4.
in the alteration of the wise men ~ '5~
followed the star and Worshipns5
child. Only wise men can see new.
the weak; only the good and wlsa ~
understand the sacredness and r,..,
.of childhood. The miracle of ~.
should be always considered a. call ~ y
conservation to a holy devotion
over the child's life should hover q.
reverence that has seen a miracle ~ ~.
land the love that longs for the mira,
Iof salvation. The atonement sham.
be made for every child. Ii is tba g.,
Of the cross that such a mother NIB
thread. but it is also the way Of ~,
Icrown, via dolorosO," but also w.
| paradise" A true motherhood wis.
Its passion of selfishness, its canaan
Ito forget itself, and think and do 4.
Iothers, is a great human nAlsrc.
which the world most needs Somat,.
divinity and motherhood consist in 6a
Thought of salvation. The strength
lgantleness is a divine idea; the mig,
lof a seltiess, uncalculating love X
longs alike to God and to a true rnobs
A madonna as art cOnceives it, seen
to me like mans unconscious ass
citation of God, and motherhood in =
ldemption. And what else is the mes
ling Of the virgin birth but this hr
mystery Of God and the motherho
jconioined in a savior son? Men a
Iseeing the glory Of motherhood, a
Inc longer seek the conventional a
Ichurchly conception of the mother a
son. but are finding their madounas
Ievery land and in any home where p
land innocent love dwells and wher
child rests on the arms of mater
strength.
In a religious sense, this is true
with spiritual vision; it has o
caught i'm a prophetic rapture, ana
seen the future glory of a Tedee'
race, when every son is son of {
! and every mother is overshadoWed
, the glory of the Most High Sew
S years ago, ! know not how many S
one said: IF it were asked wha,
would the most need, the answer W.
I be, 'Mothering But this is becj
, she who bears the holy name, whs
is true, carries in her breast and
and life, qualities that are like 6
{ own. Has she not, inspired by
% for her child and joy in its love.
e dured pain and suffered defeat and
d appointment. making self-sacl
Z. without losing her power to make c
=. sacrifices; and having courage to
d tack the evil that threatens her c
$ and has she not had love like G
n love that seeketh not her own
n that is what the world at large n
u 1t needs il in every home where d
- mother may dwell Every little
1t born needs it.. needs the seriousness
e the devotion. needs the mothers Y
d of the angel from God and the sig
z, the star, needs the mother ssuengtt
love. needs the mothers secret o
e Father-God. Christ meant that
n woman should be mother to every
J. in the world. There is a worlds
1t and that is the mission of mother
l. And if all men and women coul
&c ceive the Christ-child and his prir
% OF love. the day of salvation wou
% at hand, and he who was the ba
l. Bethlehem would be crowned the
% Of all nations. God help me.