Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-05-10
OBSERVANCE OF MOTHERS DAY
Special Sermons Preached by Rev. Dr. M S. Kaufman
Methodist Church and Rev. j. F. Cobb Universalist
Church.

power to guide and train her Cod
given children up into noble manhood
and beautiful womanhood to bless this
earth-to people and enrich the world
above. 1t is my firm conviction that
the most powerful personalities Tor
good are those mothers who are most
loyal to Jesus Christ, whose own
mother He so kindly and tenderly
cared for in His dying hour.
III. Not only is power suggested by
Mothers day, but the deepest. purest
pathos. The brightest smiles and the
bittereSt tears spring from the moth
er's heart. From the Italian we have
the significant saying Little chill
dren and headaches; big children and
heartaches." How sadly and terribly
truel Nothing else in human expert
ence is quite so hard to endure as the
mothers trial when those dear ones
whom she has nourished, cherished,
trained, through pain, suffering, ana
sorrow-when those for whose welfare
she would willingly lay down her life,
wreck their own lives by sinful indulg-
ence and evil practices. This is pa
thetic in the extreme. On the other
hand, what rare delight thrills the
mothers heart when her grown up
sons and daughters are living. honor
able useful Christian lives! The su-
pItlHC way u liOlAOA AlOAAlCA IS " i've
such an upright, pure, goodly life as
to reflect credit upon her teaching and
motherly character. Mothers day
should impress mothers with the sa
credness of their mission and the inn
possibility Of fulfilling that mission
without divine aid. 1t should also
move children of all ages to recognize
anew their obligations to tighten
mothers burdens and cheer her life
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duct and spirit.
The NobIest Observation-Disclosures.
In observance of Mothers Sunday,
the sermon by Rev. Joseph F. Cobb at
the morning service at the Universal
Noblest Heroines-Mothers from the
text John I'LL, And the mother of
Jesus was there" Referring in OPEN
ing to the influence of the mother of
Jesus as shown by the feminine quail
tiles in His character graciousness.
gentleness, and sympathy, Rev. Mr..
Cobb said in part:
Jesus placed a high worth upon wo-
manhood. He had great strength and
tenderness and reverence for women,
and attached high dignity to their po-
sition, and wherever the name Of Je-
sus' mother is spoken there goes with
It a reverence from the fact that she
was the mother Of our Lord. No hero
or heroine deserves any greater hon
ors than the mother, one of Gods
agents in the divine plan of the uni
verse. Yet it is a strange fact that
our mothers the moulders Of the world
should get so little credit and should
be so seldom mentioned among the
worlds achievers. The world sees on
II the successful son; the mother is
but round in the ladder upon which
he has climbed Yet it was that
sweet, pathetic figure in the back
ground that made his success posi-
BILE. The home where the mother is
queen is the most important organ In
life. and the mothers faith In her chill
dren is constant and inspiring. With
all the honor that is due the mothers
there is no one who is more generally
neglected or taken advantage of but
this Is a time for a change of attitude
and why not for a national mothers
day, when all can unite in honoring
their mothers, those who are so fortu-
nate to have mothers living to do so
in the flesh, and others in the spirit
Rejoice in the fact that we can as
sist in the movement to honor the
greatest and the MODEST heroines-
the mothers.