Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-05-10

Mothers Sunday was observed and a
beautiful sermon preached by Rev. DR..
NJ. S. kaufman at Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church Sunday morning.
Nearly all members of the large con-
gregation wore white carnations in
honor of mother.
Text: When Jesus therefore saw
His mother and the disciple standing
by whom He loved, He saith unto His
mother, Woman. behold thy Sonl Then
said He to the disciple, Behold thy
mother! And from that hour that dis
ciple took her to his own home. John
xix:26-27.
Theme. Mothers Day: Its Power
and Pathos. He said in part:
There is not scene in the entire
Bible more significant, touching and
exquisitely beautiful than the one here
given US. Jesus, the Son Of God, al
ways treated woman with utmost re-
spect and courteous consideration. To-
ward her He was gentle, tender, chiv-
alrous and affectionate. He believed
in woman's capacity for goodness and
exalted nobleness of character. The
woman at Jacobs well, the one who
anointed His feet. Mary and Martha in
the little home at Bethany, and other
women received such considerate at
tention from Him as to demonstrate
His high regard for womanhood. And
then in the very act of dying the most
painful of deaths upon the cruel cross
dying to save a world-He has time
to call for His own heartbroken moth
er and entrust her to the care of His
best earthly friend. What a noble
tribute to His mother was that tender
and beautiful recognition of her from
the cross of His crucifxion!
Mothers day is such charming idea
of course it must have had a Christian
origin. 1t was suggested and inspired
by the Spirit Of Christ. What a hap
by thought to make the floral emblem
Of mother-love the white carnation,
becaus of its purity, fragrance and en-
durancei THAT the general observance
Of Mothers day will become increas-
ingly popular, can scarcely be doubt
ed. No other class of persons in this
world are so truly esteemed-so high
ly honored, so deeply loved as mothers.
What power and pathos in the simple
thought of the whole Christian world
observing in fitting ways Mothers
day!
II II suggests power. The might
lest forces of Nature are silent ones,
Such as gravitation, electricity, light.
So is it in the realm of the social NOR
al and spiritual Next to the power
of Almighty God Is the quiet, pene-
tTating. persevering power of mother
love. Nothing else that we know, ap-
proximates so nearly to the love and
power of God Himself. The most in
fluential and mighty men of history,
as a rule, are demonstrations of this
truth. 1t has been significantly said:
Before God undertakes to make a
great man He first makes a great
mother. This is forcibly illustrated in
the life of Susannah Wesley-one of
the choicest of mothers-almost ador-
ed by her two powerful sons, John and
Charles. It cannot be denied that
some women have a special genius for
motherhood-as in the case Of Miss
Frances E. Wizards mother. But any
truly womanly woman who rightly es-
Inmates the dignity and sacredness of
maternity and has been divinely en-
trusted with the care of children and
humbly trusts in God for aid in meet
ing her motherly obligations, may be
said to possess the elements Of true
greatness. What richer honor can God
bestow upon any woman than to place
III her motherly care a little immortal
with the fine request: Bring it up for
Me in the love Of humanity and the
hope Of eternal life" Wonderful pow
er is entrusted TO the true mother