The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-10-13

ana thtT Befm 70 nnocfethnn tthr
same way. How true the words d
an Engi sh poet
'sF0na .aareY - my infant JOY.
Fond sootheF q Iny infant tear,
d not rhv ghost still lingering near.
Am ] pot stan thy souls employ
or whaa richer testimony can we
have than came from Cowper's T'en.
80 that lips hadlanguage. Life has
passed
with me but roughly since heard
thee last.
And the truth Is sweet and pleasant
when expressed.
Mammals eyes.
Are baby's skies.
How many of Us can enter into
this sentiment Shall ] say all2
Backward. turn backward: o time,
in your flight
Make me a child again. just for to
night
Mother, come back from you desc
shore,
Take me again to your heart, as Of
yOre:
Kiss from my forehead the burrows
Of care,
smooth the few silver threads ont
of my hair.
Over rBy slum bers your loving watch
keep,
Rock me TO sleep. mother, rock me
10 sleep,
Would II not be strange II she had
no petition, especially this mother
In the lesson whose child was dead,
and some other mothers who might
wish their sons dead that are en-
gagged in vicious lives, showing no
respect TO the purity of the mother
love that bear them. Her anguish
was plain. Did ] desire q son Of
my lordg did / not say, Do not de-
eeive rae2" There IS only one petit
ti0n superior TO mothers prayer,
and that Is the suppheation Of the
Christ
>. The Mothers Intuition and
Perslstence.--s0me way. some how,
she doubted tbs ability and sincerity
Of eiehah. She Ielt that II the pro-
phet went NOT the child would not
he restored, hence she said. as she
caught him around the feet, ''as the
Lord liveth. ana rs thy soul liyeth. ]
win not leave thee. There was Ger
talnly need for the man Of God TO go.
because tienagf failed Ia his missioa.
How &ten Is a mothers Intuition
true. il Is q God given faculty that
man can well study.
o. The Mothers Reward. Take
up thy son. is there any JOY SO
great as a mothers when her child
1 is restored 50 health and strength
She may not say mueh in Language
that we can understand. yet there is
a language too sacred for utterance
or TO be carried on the lps Of the
wind. Ii was the message Of God
20 a mother when De spake unto
her. "'rhy chIld shan 1--we There
are no mothers who are Atheists.
they dare not be- God spreads his
divine canopy for protection over
the mother and her offspring. and I
venture the assertion that no one
understands the Almighty as DOES
the average mother sons and
daughters, You win do much worse
than TO trust your mothers God.
4. The Mothers Gratitude. The
eloqnence oi her gratitude was not
vocal The human eye can express
a language that no tongue caa
speak. The Master held an audience
spell bound hy his silence and con-
victed them oi tlielr sin. TlierQ was
an elequence Ia that mother's haw
that you cannot portray, tho your
u vocabulary was the most extensive.
4 Noise does NOT eonnt always Cor
raality or ivrvcncy 81 mcu's sections.
I Nolse Is like the dew, @ soan passes
away. II Is not Ike the dew n the
fact a. giving ii.e and nourishmeni
to AN it touches This eloquent
gratitude has lasted long II
neaches us to-day, infinenoes ouI
1 hearis aud lives I.eJ us never for
get that ''the g,lt oi 0od = eternal
! life through Jesus Christ onF I.ord.
AIpuA ALguEAUs
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