The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
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and for the constant sacrifices they are
making for their honest
But child cannot always remain II
child. Neither can a young mother al
ways remain young. Time is no respecter
OF persons. First comes the blossom, then
the fruit. Then the green leaves of the
trees take up themselves the variegated
hues of autumn. Then comes the Indian
summer of life. The smooth cheeks of
young womanhood change into the
wrinkled skin of old age. The black hair
of Eunice changes into the whitened locks
of Lois. the children grow up, and the
grandchildren come. The mother, who
once sat at the head of the table, now
sits at the side. The easiest chair In the
sitting room is grandmother's. And yet
a Lois exercises her influence upon young
Timothy, and 1t is very good Paul even
mentions the grandmother's influence be-
fore he mentions the influence of Euncs
Why is that? l think | can tell you why.
1t is on account of the mellowing influ-
ence of our grandmothers.
The Mothers Busy Life.
When young mother has large brood
of little ones growing up in the home,
her life is one of ceaseless activity. She
works from morning until far into the
night. How tired her fingers get with
the needle! How tired her head! There
are endless duties all calling at the Same
time: Come and look after me. Come
and look after me- Mother does not
rock the younger babies in her lap as
much as she did her first born; she has
not the time. She does not take the little
journeys to the seashore, as some mothers
do, because she has so many duties at
home Sometimes her nerves get askew,
and she becomes irritable. 1t Is different
with grandmother Lois. How gentle she
is! She never seems to be so happy as
when one of the babies is about to climb
into her lap. When her daughter IS
about to punish one of the children,
grandmas eyes always fill up with tears,
and she says Don't daughter! Don't!
Let the baby off this time. She did not
mean to do it, But, though Grand
mother Lois grows gentler all the time,
yet her influence over her children in
creases every year, for while she sits i'll
her big arm chair she Is praying for the
welfare of the children. Have you not
had such a praying grandmother? Can
you not see her sweet face now and he.
moving lips? Can you not feel her spir-
itual influence about you, even though
she has been dead for many years? Can
you not cry out as did the psalmist OF
old, 1.-THE Lord giveth the word, but the
Christian grandmothers that publish the
tidings are great host!'
Friends Of the Pastor.
But there is another proper name in
the epitaph upon the old New England
tombstone you must not pass over. This
Christian wife and mother was not only
a Sarah to her husband, Eunice to her
children, but she was Lydia to Gods
ministers. Who was Lydia? You may
find all about her in the 18th chapter of
De- ,.xI n
Philippi this woman, who was disciple
of Jesus Christ, met them. Lydia took
them to her home cared for them and
looked after and respected them because
they were Gods ambassadors. And so
our Christian mothers and grandmothers
not only looked after US, but were always
the friends of our pastors. They used
to say to us: MY child, you cannot re-
spect Gods house unless you respect his
messengers" Don't you remember how,
during all the church troubles of your
childhood and young manhood, your
Christian mothers were always the
friends of Gods ministers? Don't you re-
member how, when the visiting ministers
used to come to your native village, they
were always entertained at your moth
er's home? Don't you remember how re-
provingly your mother spoke at the din
ner table when your older brother one
Sunday made fun of the morning SER
mon? And though you are an old man
today, yet through the example of her
early faithfulness to her village pastor,