The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-06-10
x x x x Z, = y X
x GOOD MOTHERS as MAKERS x
OF NATIONS. x
(Rev. Madison C. Peters in Hartford,
Conn, GIobe.)


~ of Germany becomes a miserable
prince but. blest with a wise mother
Louis TX of France grows up into
man Of God. \ distinguished writer
has called attention to the fact that of
the sixty-nine monarchs who have
worn the French crown, only three
have loved the people. and all these
three were reared by their mothers.
St. Louis was trained by Blanche,
Louis XII by Maria of Cleves and
Henry " by Jeanne d Albert, and
these three were really the fathers of
their people. Sir Walter Scots
mother was superior woman,
lover of poetry and painting. Byron's
worst enemy was his mother-she
was proud and ill-tempered. The
mother of Napoleon was of superior
mind and deep piety. The mother of
Nero was a murd eress. The mother
of Patrick Henry was marked By SUI
perior conversational powers. The
mother of the Wesleys was diStin-
guished for her intellectual powers
and executive ability, so that she has
been called the mother of Methodism.
Mothers have trained our presi-
dents and statesmen Washington
father died when George was only
twelve years old. jefferson, Madison,
Jackson and Harrison the elder were
left fatherless when only small boys.
Tyler, Hayes and Cleveland depended
upon their widowed mothers for their
training. Abraham Lincoln confessed
that among his most pleasant remin-
iscences were those Of his excellent
mother. to whom he imputed the
best and brightest qualities he had in
herited Lincoln also owned that II
was his stepmother more than any
other person that made him the man
he was. General Uranv ilio'tiei "eD'
into a room at a certain hour OF each
day during the war to pray for her
ULYSSES. President Mckinley left the
Capitol and the affairs of state to
watch at the side of his dying mother
TO receive her last blessing and to
give her his last kiss. Garheld 5
father died when the future president
was babe. On the day of his in
auguration he turned away from all
the representatives of kings and
oueens. and from all the great men
and beautiful women who had gath
cred to do him honor, and the hrst
thing he did after having taken the
oath of office was to kiss the wrinkled
face of his mother and say. Mother
Won have brought me to this.
John Quincy Adams, till the day OF
his death. said the little prayer his
mother taught him. Now ! lay me
down to sleep Daniel Webster
mother first fostered those abilities
which ultimately made him so long
distinguished.
If the world was lost through wo-
man. she alone can save it. The fut-
ure of society is in the hands of the
mothers. The mother in the office
holds the key of the soul; and she
il is who stamps the coin of charac-
ter.
Oar homes have made America
peerless among the nations Any en-
cvclopedia of American biograph!
will prove that our most illustrioui
scientists. our most eloquent preach
ers. our merchant princes, and GU
great benefactors came from thu
humble families where the mother
rule not as queens of fashion, bu
where the nursery for the family l
the nursery for the church, where tn
first lispings of childhood are tn
accents of prayer and the firs
thoughts of the heart are tn
thoughts of God.
The Jews are universally admire
for the affections which adorn thel
domestic life The foundation of tn
Jewish faith was laid in the sanctit
of domestic affection and purity. In
Bible Jew never made the mistak
of separating the church and tn
home. His piety nestled meath tn
shelter of two truths-one was tn
dwelling where he lived with his vii
and children in some corner of tn
HOLY Land and the fear of his Fail
er's God. According to the Jews
Imagination the Divine presence We
the atmosphere of that house an
gave it an indescribable beaut
His wife was a vine Gods hand hf
planted and his children as olr
trees around his table. We need n
wonder that these synagogue JeN
have given to the world great
number of great men than any 9th
race in proportion to their number
The German Empire is great b
- cause German homes are good, b
cause the uermon mothers are indu
trious, economical, honest and Writ
Gus.
Great Britain is great because
has model homes, because Britt
mothers are intelligent and pious-
In the special display of the Victo
ian Jubilee nothing was so beautlf
or so glorious as the queen kneeill
at the altar, taking commune
throwing her arms around her oh
dren and grand children, as tn
came one after another to kneel
nd ar.,-i,a I d G