Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-05

and in little while she had her own
baby put back in her arms and old
Pharaoh giving her gold to take care
Of her own baby See how the Lord
does things? SO Pharaoh's daughter
said to her: Now you take this child
and nurse it for me and I will pay you
your wages. She had the right to
say how much it was going to be. She
fdidn't say. 'I'll give you 81 3 week"
She said: y will give you your
wages, and she could charge Phar.
aoh's daughter as much as she wanted
to
Mothers ruok
How quickly the mother was paid
for those long hours of anxiety and
alarm and grief, and if the angels
know what is going on, what hilari-
Gus time there must have been in
heaven when they saw Moses and
Miriam back at home. under the pro-
lection of the daughter of Pharaoh.
and Moses mother being paid Egyp-
tian gold to take care of her own baby.
I can imagine that she drops on her
knees and pours out her heart to God
who had helped her SO gloriously, and
imagine that she must have said in
the prayer: We'll, Lord, l knew you
would help me. I knew you would
take care of my baby when I made
the ark and put him in it and put it
in the water. but I never dreamed You
would put him back into my arms TO
take care Of me SO I would not have
TO work and slave in the field and
make brick and be tortured almost
to death by fear that the soldiers CT
Pharaoh would find my baby and kill
him. I never thought you would
soften the stony heart of old Pharaoh
and make him pay me-, for what
would rather do that than. eat good
meal | expect to meet Moses mother
in heaven and I'm going to ask her how
much old Pharaoh had to pay her for
that job. I think that's one Of the
best jokes that old sinner having 20
pay the mother to take care of her
own baby. | am going to ask her how
much old Pharaoh paid her But / tell
you, If you give God chance, it is
just like the Lord, He will fill your
heart to overlooking. Just give Him
a chance.
80 this mother had remarkable
pluck. Everything was against her,
but she would not give up. Her heart
never played out. She made as brave
fight as any man ever made at the
sound of cannon or the call Of mus
kerry. The mothers are always brave
when the safety of the children is con-
cerned.
The fathers often give up. The old
man goes to boozing, gets dssipated.
taxes dose of poison and commits
suicide, but the mother will stand by
the nome and keep the little brood to.
sether If she has to manicure her fin.
ger nalls over q washloard to do it.
II men had half as much grit as the
women have, there would be different
stories written about a good many
homes Look at her work! It is the
greatest in the world. In it's far-reach-
Ing Importance it is transcendentally
above everything in the universe, her
TASK in moulding the hearts and lives
and shaping character.
If you want to find greatness, don't
go towards the throne; go to the
cradle and the nearer you get to the
cradle the nearer the greatness. When
Jesus wanted to give His disciples an
imperative object lesson he called in
college professor, did he? Not
much. He brought in a little baby
and said: Except We become as one
OF these, We shall in no wise enter in
to the kingdom of Cod
Moses was chosen vassal of the
Lord and God wanted him to get
the right kind Of start, SO He gave
him good mother. When God sends
hn Is
get the right kind of a start. Most
any Old stick will do for daddy
but he has to have a good ma God
is particular about the mothers. d
Great Need is Mothers. IN
And SO. the great need of this
country. or any country, is mothers,
and | believe we have more good
mothers in America than any ma
ton on God Almighty's earth. If
Washington,s mother had been like
"a Happy Hooligans mother, Wash
inston would have been Happv
Hooligan.
Somebody has said: God could
not be everywhere SO He gave us
mothers Now, there may be poetry
in it, but it's true that "The hand
that rocks the cradle rules the
world and if every cradle was
rocked by a good mother the world
would be full of good men, as sure
as you breathe. If every boy and
girl today had a good mother. the
saloon and the brothels would go out
of business.
The biggest place in the world is
that which is being filled with the
people who are closely In touch with
youth. Being king, an emperor or
2 president is mighty small business
compared to being g mother or the
teacher of children, whether in a
public school or whether in a Sunday
school, and they fill places so great
that there isn't an angel in heaven
that wouldn't be glad to give a bushcl
Of diamonds to boot to come down
here to take their place and be 4
mother The 1pothor NIo.o.