The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-10
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TRIBUT TE TO
MOTHERS

The address delivered on Mothers
Day al the Central Parry Presbyterian
church. by Rev, s. c. c. Hickman, is
as follows:
There Is a Jewish saying that God
could moi be everywhere Therefore
he made mothers
Luther says When Eve was
brought TO Adam. he became rilled
with the Holy Spirit and gave her
the most sancufied and glorious Of
appellations. He called her Eve.
that Is To say the Mother OF AL
| He did not style her Wife, but simply
mother-mother OF all living. lu this
consists the glory and the most pre-
cious ornament Of woman.
| "Luthcr's conception Of the Situa-
! tloD is analogous to the experience
OF mankind man has a sweetheart
| bride-wife-mother-th it Is
mother+mothcr. Language adjusts
| Itself To the household relations.
Abraham Lincoln is quoted as say
ing. All that ! am or hope to be
owe 10 my angel mother
John Quincy Adams All that
am my mother made me-
1t Is not necessary 10 suppose that
this Is in conflict with the words OF
St Paul when he said. BY the grace
of God ! am what ! am. For many
mans religious llfc, as well as his
moral character is the gift of mis-
mother
Mothers Love.
Perhaps the thought of the Scrip
ture. Passing the love OF woman,
has reference TO the love OF a wo-
man who is mother-her love for her
children.
I'VE all have seen manifestations Of
mothers love for her children-toil,
ing. watching, waiting, waking for her
children. Restless nights of children
mean nights without rest for mother.
And next day, while baby sleeps,
mother is busily engaged In thous-
and household duties of love for hers,
whether they wake or sleep Mothers
love keeps her awake when no one
else can watch over the sick Her
hands minister to the last minute in
sickness. and her soul reaches out
when the little spirit takes its flight.
Mothers love goes beyond wearI
ness. beyond fatigue. TO exhaustion.
surprising reason, and even thus has
many a mother literally poured out
her life in caring for the sick-her
loved ones
But In health, mother loves the
joys; mother shares in the sorrows.
mother kisses away the pain of the
naughty bumps. When the child is
successful, who reJoices more than
mother?
When her boy goes wrong, even to
the depths of sin. who grieves as
mother grleyes. and her hands. be-
secchlng. are stretched out still.
Washington Irving says. a father
may turn his back upon his child,
brothers and sisters may become in
veterste enemies; husbands may de-
sert their wives. wives their hus-
bands, but mothers love endures
through all. In good repute in bad
repute; in the face OF the worlds
condemnation, a mother still loves on.
hoping that her child may turn from
his evil ways and repent: still she
remembers the infant smiles that
once filled her bosom with rapture.
the merry laugh, the joyful shout Of
childhood, the opening promise of his
youth. and she can never be brought
to think him all unworthy.
"Chapin says No language can oX-
press the beauty and power and hero
ism and majesty OF mothers love
1t shrinks not where man covers. and
grows stronger whore man faintS, and
over the wastes OF worldly fortune
sends the radiance of It's auenchless
fidelity like q star In heaven
"A mothers love should not spare
the rod when needed. Spare the rod
OF correction, and spoil the child
Mothers Training,
Napoleon says: The future des
tiny OF the child is always the work
OF the mother
Great as are possibilities for tho
Sunday school and church in training
children In the right way. they cannot
be an entirely proper substitute for
mothers training AS r Spanish pro
verb says. An ounce OF mother ls
worth a pound of clergy
The mother holds the key of the
soul. and she II is who stamps the
coin Of character and makes the be-
ing who would he a savage but for
her gentle cares, Christian man,
'Landor SAYS. Children are what
their mothers are; no foudcst fathers
care can so fashion the infants heart
OF so shape the life
Dickens writes. I think IL must
somewhere he written that the VIZ
tues OF the mothers shall be visited
upon tho children, as we'll as the sins
oi the fathers
Mothers influence in moulding our
lives can never he fully estimated and
appreciated Her kindly words, show
Ing us the way. her example. not only
in deeds done. but in the
way she bears herself In our pros
cnce-these things strengthen and
sustain us-furnish an ieal and
one Of tho most potent forces for
character building. BE good boy:
he good girl and not the slightest
tone or look of suspicion has kept
many a child from going wrong
Mothers trust. mothers confidence
In her girl. her boy. is an Incentive,
an inspiration to do right Mothers
word OF truth teaches n lesson OF
yeracity not 10 he desplsed.
westlalSe voices the sentiment OF
many when he says. ITO be good
woman is better than TO be fine
lady"
Love, goodness. unselhshness. pur
ity. peace In mother Is the best on
earth Her deeds are gracious: her
words have a true ring. But let us
not worship mother. For II Is writ
len Thou shalt worship the Lord
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