Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-10-25
NUr1BER 10

/ life for you. Once in awhile, with
longing to find out something about the
height and depth OF mothers love,
you may 20 to some gray haired old
lady and say: TEL me something
about my mother. Yon knew her well
and were her bridesmaid when she
was married" Then that gray haired
lady will 20 over all the past She will
tell you what gentle. loving face your
mother had. She will tell you how her
eyes lighted up when you were hrst
placed In her arms and she looked at
you and said: MY baby. my baby, my
little baby! God bless my babyw Then
that gray haired lady will tell you how
your mothers strength never came
back again after you were born. They
took her south. hoping that the sunny
skies would make her strong again, but
only the warm sunshine Of that eternal
city to which she went ever worked
her cure. AS the old lady talks you
look at your mothers picture again and
again and try to imagine her love for
you. But. young man. you cannot 90
that any more than blind bat or
ground mole can fully appreciate the
colors OF a butterhy's wing or the re-
lection OF q dewdrop So in order to
symbolic Gods love to you. sinful
man. who never knew what II was TO
have mothers love. | would tell you
that 1t Is Il greater love than the COM
bined loves OF a father. Il wife. chill
dren. brothers and sisters and friends.
II is love so deep that 10 line can
fathoIn IT. so high that 10 birds wing
can overly il. so wide that no mathe-
maticlan can circumscribe If. And all
this love OF our earthly mother is only
an infinitesmal part Of the love which
| today God, like divine mother. Is
ready to pour out Of his forgiying heart
for you.
Joy of Repentance.
But perhaps | can better illustrate
what your dead mothers love was TO
you by telling you OF an incident
which happened In the life of very
dear friend Of mine. When | started
out in the ministry. was the assistant
of the Rev. Loyal Young Graham,
d. d.. OF Philadelphia. When DR.. Gra-
ham, as young man. was being or
dained for the Christian ministry, Rev.
| DR.. Loyal Young, one Of the most emil
nent ministers of western Pcnnsylya-
MIA in his day. was preaching the or
dinatlen sermon. There he told this
story for the first time. MANY years
ago." said he. "a beautiful young wom-
an OF the congregation | was at the
time serving lay dying When | made
my last call upon her. she bade every
one else leave the room. Then che
lifted her little baby boy up and placed
him In my arms as she said: 'Dr.
Young, am going to die. ] want you
| to kneel and offer conservation pray
er. | want you to consecrate this boy
| to the ministry OF the Lord Jesus and
to the service OF my Master | am
giving up my life for my baby. Now,
sir, want to give my baby to the
service of my Christ This is a dying
mothers wish. do not want you
ever to tell Of this conservation until
the day my little baby has grown into
a strong man and is being ordained to
the Christian ministry am here to-
night" said DR.. Young, ito fulfill my
pledge. That baby who was conse-
Grated to the Divine Masters service Is
the young man we are ordaining to-
night Loyal Young Graham is that
boy. May his mother in heaven, who
gave her life for her child, be witness
Of this holy scene"
Sinful man sitting before me today,
are you the son OF Christian motherf
| Whether she is alive now or dead, her
| love for you was or is just as great
as Loyal Young Graham's mother was
for him. Are you today letting her
prayers find a fulfiIment in your life?
Are you today letting the love OF God
| manifested I'm the sacrifice OF the Lord
Jesus Christ find a response in your
life? VIII you. here and now, realizing
| that your mothers love was symbol
of Gods love for you, surrender your
life 10 the service Of him who. like a
divine mother, yearns over you! Re-
member this. oh, sinful man-God
longs for your repentance more than
you can ever long to be cleansed
through the blood Of Christ and to be
forgiven for your past sins. 1t is to
the mother love in God that | poiEt
you. It is to one who will cling to yod
long after even an earthly mothers
affections shall have ceased and when
they have forever faded away.
copyright 1902. Louis Klopsch, N. FL