The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-04-25
FARMvITIE. VA. FRIDAY, APRIL 25 1902

angels on their wings might have
brought an infant Saviour 10 Bethle-
hem without Mary's being there at all
When the villagers on the morning Of
December &c awoke, by Divine arrange
meni and In some unexplained way the
child Jesus might have been found in
some comfortable cradle Of the village.
But no. nol Motherhood for all time
was 10 be c0usecrated. and one of the
tenderest relations was to be the ma
tcruai relation and one Of the sweet
est words mother" I'm all ages God
has h0lored good motherhood. ST.
Bernard had a good mother. Samuel
Budeett a good mother Doddridge a
good mother. Walter Scott a good
mother. BENJAMIN West a good
mother. In a great audience. most Of
whom were Christians. I asked that all
those who had been blessed Of Chris
tan mothers arise and almost the en-
tire assembly stood up. Do you not Sc
how important 81 IS that an mother
hood be- cousecrated? Why did Titan,
The Italian artist. when be sketched the
Madonna. make 81 an Italian face?
Why d'd Ruhens. the German artist, in
hs Madonna. make 10 a German face?
Why did Joshua Reynolds. the English
artist ir his Madonna, make 10 an Eng
li,h face? Why did Mur.i'o. the SPAN
ish artist. in his Madonna. make IT
Spanish face? I never heard. but I
think they took their own mothers as
the type ~ Mary. The mother O., Christ.
When You hear some one in sermon or
Grafton speak in The abstract of good.
faithful. honest mother, yoIr eyes fiji
mp with tears, while you sag TO your
self: THAT was my mother"
The first word a child utters is apt
10 be "Mother." and The old man In his
wing dream. calls: Mother,
moiher." II matters not whether she
was broueh; mp IN the surroundings Of
a city and In afIuent home and was
dressed appropriately with reference /
20 the demands Of modern life or
whether she wore the Old time cap and
great round spcctacles and apron Of
her own make, and knit your socks /
with her own needles seated by the /
broad fireplace, with great backlog |
ah'azc. on a winters night; II matters /
not how many wrinkl ss crossed and re- |
crossed her face or how much her /
shoulders stopped with the burdens of .
q long life. II You painted O Madonna /
hers would be the face. What a gentle .
hand she had when we were sick and /
what a voice 90 soothe pain. and was
there anyone who could so fiji up
room with peace and purity and light?
And what a sad Gay that was when
We came home and she could greet rs
not. for her lips were forever still.
Come back. mother, IN these Christian
times and take your old place, and rs
ten or 90 or 20 years AGO come and open
the old Bible as You used TO. read and
kneel in the same place where you
used 10 pray and look upon us as Of
old when you wished MS a merry
Christmas or a happy New Year. But
no, That would not be fair 20 call you
lNNas UA HAA AAUNNAtN fAWA-A anu
aches enough and bereavements
enough while You were here. Tarry by
the throne, mother. tin we Join you
there. your prayers all answered, and
in the eternal homestead Of our God
- shall again keep Christmas jubilee
together. But speak from your
thrones. all you glorifed mothers. and
say 10 all these. your sons and daueh-
,ers words Of love. word. Of warning,
words OF cheer. They need your voice,
for they have travelled FAR and with
many a heartbreak since You left them,
md vou do well 10 call from the heights
~ Heaven TO the valleys OF earth
Hail. enthroned ancestry We are
coming Keep a place right beside you
IT the banquet.
SLOW footed years More swiftly run
INTO the gold Of that ursstting sun.
Ilmesick We are for thee.
Calm land beyond the sea.