The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1909-01-22

nv uns. IONS A. touAs.
The Surprising love ~ tho
mother ~ nor ssviof f0f her divine
son has hsll1wed mother love through
al time A lnve unsrcakable ard
lindescflbahc IL that N . mother.
" endufcth forever, and under all
circumstances When niI else fairs.
the most waywafd and hcaftless chiId
can lay Its head opvn mothers
breast and feel the balm ~ tender.
ness and forgiveness though its crimes
he monstfnus.
How many mothers have followed
their waywafd daughters lnto the
very dens of iniamy and dcbauchery
and have prayed and entfeated their
unillial, unrepcntant daughters TO
return tn them and he restored TO
respcctability and their mothers
love?
How many girls have ignored
mothers warniog and have wilfully
married men when their mUthcr's
intuition told them TO do so would bc
fatal to their happincssY In their
| mad infatuation they have for brief
time prided themselves in their su.
perlor Judgment and felt no remorse
over their willingness. After u while
the true character Of their husbands
gradually unfolds; cold neglect sue
ceeds insincere rrotestations OF love;
cares and mIsfortunes multiply Until
heart broken Wives, with perhaps
babies In their arms, have no alterna.
tive save TO bow their heads and seek
help and comfort from the mother
whose advice and entreatics they
ignored. They rarely plead In vain,
but find abundant sympathy and
every possible relief from their respon.
sive mothers, who are ever willing To
assume new responsibilities in behalf
OF their unfortunate children. They
never stop to recall sights aud injuries
inflicted upon themselves, or whether
their children have merited the
indignity and injuries heaped upon
, them. They only know they need
/! help aud It Is Invariably freely given
! Thousands OF wayward sons, who
0 have persisted Ia downward course
/ regardless OF the tears and importuui
ties OF loving mothers, have found
D their only defense and protection 10
! mothers -unwavering love. In theil
D ssIpation and debauchery they have
] probably cursed their m0thers ant
E threw them aside on account OF theiI
Q neyer.ceasing appeals to their sons u
{ forsake evil compani0nship ant
h wr0ngd0i0g. But when the inevl
3 table hour OF trouble comes and th'
q penalties Of the law and the ravage
a Of disease confront them, they turI
r iostinctively, and never 10 vain, I,
J the mothers whom, in their folly
a they have spurned.
U They may be bent With age and th
j. sorrows they have borne because o
updoubtful and pr0figate s0ns--stil
Q they respond TO the cry Of thei
n children 10 distress with all the low
u and pity of their aching hearts. The
y leave no stone unturned which ma
x reveal some means OF rescue. The
'e make petitions; sacrifice every earthl
70 possession--and almost life itself I
" save the most despicable sons froi
'e the fatalities OF disease or the pena
q ties Of the law, as the case may be.
DIscharglng maternal duties, a'
Is ministering to the needs Of infant
OF and childhood, exercising mother
ID patience with their children fro
ne their birth TO their maturity are u
X. most Insignificant duties Of mothe
hood. Eternal vigilance 10 watchii
over their mental and moral deyeIo
,is ment and the implanting 10 u
ira hearts Of ones children those bill
q moral principles which are the bas
I'm OF their characters, as men 81
"a. women, Is OF far more Importance q
Tar should occasion more soIiciGude th
ing anything else which mothers can I
md '~rrain up = child IN the way
lnd should 20, and when be is old he "
'ut not depart"
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