The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-11-16
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cSearch this wide, wide
! XSZ1>rTom shore to shore, but we
never meet an earthly friend
~Just like mother We may have
friends by the score who are willing
to stand by US, yet not one of them
can fill mothers place. When we
. were weak and helpless little babes.
PIT was mother who spent unknown
&hours of-care and anxiety as she ten
anogly cared for us. When we be-
'see"a sick it was mothers tender
ip y that soothed our aching brow.
- fen we strayed from paths of right
,arrkas mothers gentle, loving voice
y, I'd sweetly called us to return.
n sorrow and distress came to
mad tnd all this cold and pitiless world
ty coked it's back it was mother who
,lsheS Sched forth her loving arms and
tenderly embraced us. A mothers
love is ofttimes compared to that
OF our blessed Savior. 1t is an un-
dyNsg love. A mother will give her
life Hor her child. Boys and girls
who may chance to read this, is
mother living? If so, obey her coun-
sci, be kind to her. Rarely, if ever,
Will she give wrong advice. She
is your best earthly friend. When
she has gone, you can never find
another to fill her place Live a life
that will make her rejoice. Do not
go against her wishes. Seek ever
to cheer her tender. loving heart.
Disobedience to mother is one among
the first steps to ruin and disgrace.
Many man has filled the drunkard's
grave because when a boy he disre-
garded mothers advice. Many a
man has lost his life on the hang
mans scaffold because he departed
from mothers counsel MANY a man
today is shut out from society and
freedom behind walls of stone and
bars OF iron because he needed not
mother when boy. Many a bright
girl has strayed deep into sin and dis
grace because she failed to give heed
to her loving mothers advice.
Dear girl and boy, let me repeat.
be kind to mother, take her advice
today. There is coming time when
you will long for that loving hand
TO sooth your aching brow, but II
rsri..sat. reach you. There is coming
a time whed~you will desire to near
mothers gentle voice speak forth
words Of sympathy and advice, butt
alas, 1T will be forever still There
is coming time when you will lons
to see mothers kindly beaming face
but ah. sad thought, it will have van
ished. Mother cannot always abide
with you. Some day God will call
her from your presence. Then you
Will realize the solemn fact, that
your best friend has gone.
This is a known fact. Once I had
dear loving mother. Or how sweet
is the memory. For many long
years we journeyed life's pathway
together. But alas, this sweet union
did not last. One sad October after.
noon just after the shades of night
had fallen, God called. We gathered
around her bedside and said good
bye for the last time on earth. 1t
was then l fully realized that my best
earthly friend had gone.
Boy, girl, if mother is living be
kind to her. Cherish that dear
heart. Strew flowers along her path
way in life. If you wait to place
them on her grave it will not profit.
She cannot appreciate your kindness
In deaths silent sleep There are
many. many heart-broken mothers
today weeping as they totter toward
the tomb on account OF a waywarl
son or daughter.
Should one who hsS straycd from
mothers longing vie -ead these
lines, let me beg you fies tx to her
loving arms, comfort that bleeding
heart IN its declining years Shs IS
;, waiting for you. she loves you still.
y dQear Reader: 3e true to rcotne
Do,F grieve your mother. Don't
grieve hG;r; soon you'll have no other
on earth below. Soon you'll miss
her. how sad and lone, far away
fio'n your presence she will! have