Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-09
THE MAJESTY OF
THE MOTHERS LOVE.

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from the cookey. aud yet she seems able
to tell instinctively Just when the hand
Of a healthy boy has been thrust i'm
to the cookey jar. She can detect the
falsehoOd where the father could see
nothing but truth. She can recognize
as correct statement which the father
might question. She knows the weak.
ness Of every child, and to that extent
knows just how much should be for.
given. She accomplishes 80 much. loves
50 much and sacrifices SO much that
the father. conscious Of his own short.
coinings, must oftentimes stand abashed
In her presence.
One Of the prettiest stories ever told
relates 30 the devotion shown hv n dis.
tinguished Nobraskau 20 the memory
Of his boys mother, This gentleman
caused 20 be erected over that moth
er's grave a stone upon which his own
name as husband and the names Of his
boys as sons Of that good woman. we're
inscribed After the stone had been
put In place. be took his four boys TO
the cemetery. and knecling at the
grave. directed their attention TO the
fact that their names had been highly
honored by being written on that slab
Of marble Then. paying a high and
deserved tribute TO the character Of
that mother. the father saidi BOYS.
~ any one of YOU ever does anything
60 dishouor this memory / will have
his name chiseled from this stone.u
II would be n great benefit b. all
The boys In the world N The love aud
devotion shown FOR them by their
mothers could be ever Impressed upon
them. II the BOYS would be over care.
FOL Lost they do something that, "
known. would bring pain and sorrow
to The mother heart, The future Of the
world would be secure.
A Boy and ffis Sweetheart.
Many years ago one Of the best n
mothers fcll "aslccp at The gate Of
| light" An Of her children, of course.
rcvorcd her mcmoryi but ono Of them
was tho babo Of wartime birth, and
owing 60 the nnKirtics and excite
monta Of tho period. and tho contin.
ued absence Of Tho father. oKtraordin.
ary affection and devotion was, dDubts
iesa. iavlshed upon him.
Perhaps 10 was because Of this tha'
after the mothers death and for many
years. thia boy never retired for the
night without placing at bic bedside n
chair, under tho childish impression
that biz mother would occupy Il and
watch him 10 sleep.
When other boys would write in sand
or carve on trees the names of sweet
hearts dear, this lad would trace with
When but a boy be choso his sweet.
hoari-his mothers name.
q when bat a boy he chase bis sweet
heart = nama as ono 90 be given 90 bis
own daughters aud when Ia later years
ha wrote come tales ~ love and life
his heroine, good and true, bore with
signal honor and Fenown the namo Of
her ho loved 30 well, SO, through
boyhood's daya this precious memory
was enshFined within his hearth tho
purity, the devotion, the sacrifices, the
soffowa OF thia patient dodloylng
and God serving woman was ever be-
fore him, often lettering him from
evil and sometimes inspiring him Tor
good.
"Happy he with such a motheT' Faith
In womaukind beats with bis blood,
aud trust In an things comes easy with
him"
Memories that Bless-and Burn.
There are living today many such
mothsra III the boys could ouly APP
pfeeiate their loving Kindness while
l thew live. life would b esWeeteF 90
them. M those who now have tho
Ieompauionship Of the boy = best friend
could only know an they will lose
when that companionship ends, the
halfway a the mothers of the world
would today b. strewu with roses.
The regrets for thoughtless arts ana
| indifference no admOnltiuns now feil
and expressed by many living sons of
dead mothers win, In time be- felt aud
expressed by the sons of living moth
ers The boys of today who DO not
Understand the value Of the mother 's
/ eompanionship will yet stag with
those who already knoW-this song OF
tribute aud Fegret'
"The hours / spent with thee, dear
heart,
Are as a string Of pearls 20 mes
i count them over, every one apafl
NJ rosary
Each hour a pearl, each pearl a prayer
| To stil Ia heart / absence wrungi
/ tell each bead unto the end, and there
/ A cross Is hung.
o memories that bless-and burnt
o mighty gain and bitter lossl
1 kiss each bead and strive at last 20
learn
To kiss the cross,
( Sweet heart,
To kiss the cross.