The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-14
SUNDAY. MAY Il. 1911.
Today is ~
Mothers Day.
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Today il Mothers Day. It is the
day set aside for all men, women and
children to think Of the one who gave
them birth, cared for them when chill
dren, and is yet faithful and true, and
In thousands Of cases. is longing for a
letter from the wandering boy or girl
today.
It is customary to wear white car
nation, synbolica1 OF purity, and for
those away from their mothers to
write a letter and nothing will give
them more pleasure. All OF this IL
we'll, but it is the thoughts of mother
that win do the most good This being
a day set apart for this purpose those
that have thoughtlessly wandered from
under the sweet influence Of mothers
care win think Of the gentle caresses
and sympathetic feeling between
mother and child The memory Of the
home life viii come back again, and
although the mothers may have passed
away, the inspiration for nobler and
better deeds VIII come, and tomorrow
all WI enter upon the duties Of life
with loftier aspirations to be better
nnen and women and try to live more
as their mothers would have them live.
Most men who have achieved great
ness have given their mothers credit
for most OF It. And 1t is well that
they should, The greatest Of men did
not have educated and literary mothers,
but they possessed that force Of char
acter and purity Of purpose that was
bred into the children and the virtues
Of the mothers have in this way been
given to the world to make 1t better.
But It is this certainty of the moth
er's love that makes men neglect their
most precious heritage. 1t is the love
Of mother that keeps many wan
dering son in the right paths when he
IS away from her watchcare. but so Of
ten this boy neglects to tell her Of his
whereabouts when just word would
make her soul happy and content.
The boy or girl sometimes for the
time being forgets about the mother at
home. but she never forgets.
The mothers love has been recited
In song and in poetry. The artists
brush has done its best work upon
portraits of mothers-and it win be SO
until the end OF time A mothers love
il the greatest love in the world-it
IS the only unselfish lowe love that
passeth all understandings is I'M
fathomahle and no matter to what
state Of degradation the child may
sink. the love OF q mother is just as
true, and never fails. It was this
thought In the mind OF Kip1ng wher
he wrote:
II were hanged on the highest hin,
Mother o mine, o mother o. minel
] know whose love would follow me-
still.
Mother o mine. o mother o. minei
If were drowned IN the deepest sea,
Mother o. mine. o mother o. mine!
know whose tears would come down
to me,
Mother O mine. o mother o minel
II were damned Of body and soul,
Mother o. mine, o mother o. mine!
] know whose prayers would make M
whole,
Mother o. mine. o mother o. minel
The noblest word In the English Ian
guage Is mother. If it. were not 70
this one word and it's large meaning
the innniteness Of God and the reason
abieness Of a hereafter would b
doubted. It is this inexpressible faitl
IN mother that holds the world to
gether and It is by this faithfulness o
mothers that men are inspired to turl
and face the contradictions Of lif
with all it's injustices and hypocracies
1t is with this faith that man. lookin
over his blighted life. is enabled t
face the future bravely with a deter
mination for better things.
Lucky is the man who does bushes
on the shady side OF the street.