The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-05-23
Mothers Day Sermon
Rev. Jas. S. Johnson.
Nav 10. 1914, at II a. m. :


well as other men of thought, by care
full consideration, thought 1t very nee
essary to set aside or insure procla-
nation and designate II as Mothers
Day, and since to every affect there
Is cause. | am persuaded that no
sane minded person can help but see
that there must be something done or
the world will soon be in abarbarious
state. For almost every day and In al
most every newspaper you see where
some child has committed atrocious
deeds upon and against parents And
II has become alarming to that ex-
tent that the world is saying, what
must we do to stop the many crimes?
And this is one of the many ways
that has been thought out. And we
hope that the services In the several
or many churches in these United
States may bemoce a great insentiye
toto cause this Young and very sinful
races to stop and reflect upon their
ways.
And the women are the greatest in
fluence In the world. and If we can get
you to take up the cross of Christ and
exemplify the life of Mary, Martha,
Sarah, Rebecca, Elizabeth and a host
OF other great and good women of the
Bible, the signs of the times will
change and each woman become the
counciler of their family SO that the
children will follow after the foot
steps of dear and good mother and
wife. for saith the text, mother In
lsreal; subject, Mothers RESPONSE
bility." Text 2nd Samuel 10th chapter
and 18th verse. A Mother In Isreal:
Why wilt thou swallow up the in
heritance of the Lord? The last
clause In our text asks a very i'm
portant question. Why wifi thou
swallow up the Inheritance of the
Lord? A Mother In lsreal is very
significant. And Biblically speaking, It
means a mother in right, a mother In
protection, care and pains-taking.
And | declare that in my opinion there
Is but one other name in the English
language that is dearer and more
noble to the family. and that's the
name of Jesus; it's high over all in
earth and sky, and angels and men
before 1t fall and devils fear and fly.
Read First Kings. 22nd and Sind
verse: And he did evil in the sight of
the Lord, and walked in the way of
his mother. which caused Isreal to
sin.
The mother can fill the chil's future
life with good or bad, just as she de-
sires. And as we think OF the many
good and great women of the past, we
are the more puzzled to understand
why the mothers of today do not exer.
else more care with their children.
Think of Hannah. how she took her
son to the house of the Lord, and how
she prayed to the Lord that He would
oil her son with the right spirit. And
when the mothers shall have per
formed their whole duty, the children
will reverence them
You may have seen as l have, a
mother that seemingly felt that life
was burden rather than a pleasure.
yet she had children, but they did not
reverence nor fondle her, and IL you
were TO look for the cause you would
ind that this mother failed to chastise
these children. Yet you have seen
mothers that were just as happy as
could be, and If you look for the cause
OF her happiness you will find that
this mother loved her hildren and she
made them obey.
Jesus Christ while hanging on the
cross, looked and saw his mothers
tears and said TO John, behold my
mothr And then he cried and said
Father forgive them, they know not
what they do.
U read between the lines, and the
thought comes, these wicked people
not alone take my life but, they cause
my mother to have to have agony
mingled with sorrow
Come. let's go back to our child.
hood days and stand on the old door
step. Yes let's look into the old fire.
place and see mother busy about the
duties that made us so happy. Yes
listen and you will almost hear mother