Mexico Missouri message., 1916-05-11
CELEBRATION OF MOTHERS
DAY IN A BIG MORMON CITY
(By Julia Sullivan.)

men. He showed us how from the |
beginning our Lord favored mothers
and cited Hagar, the mother of Ish- |
mael, to whom He sent an angel to
point out the well of water, and com
forted her with the assurance that
He would care fol. her and her boy.
Then, too, of the pity He had for
the widowed mother, whose son He
raised to life. Down thru the centu-
ries he pointed out each in her turn.
many women of whom we had never
heard. 1t was doubly interesting
when he came near today and eulo-
gized the mothers of men with whom
we are familiar in books. Space for
bids an extended review, but an idea
of who were the mothers may be CIV
en-. We remember Madame DeStael
of France, the only person whom Ma
poleon feared. The speaker evidently
was not an admirer of Napoleon for
he praised the woman who opposed
him and said, the great warrior was
more afraid of her pen than all the
armies in Europe combined. He COM
|plimented France by saying no coun-
/ try in the world had produced so
many remarkable women. He paid
glowing tribute to Queen Victoria,
the Mother of the Nation. Also to
the mother who wrestled long with
the evil one for the soul of her son,
who afterwards became the Apostle
of the English" Mary Arden, mother
of Shakespeare, was mentioned, as
were many others who have given to
the world poets and statesmen of
imperishable fame. His enthusiasm
was boundless when he spoke of the
mother of our own immortal Wash
ington, as well as the mother whose
son first braved the stormy deep and
gave us a new world. The pages of
history sparkle with names of Amer
lean mothers, who have accomplished
much for the betterment of humanity.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose book
did so much for the slave race. OF
course the woman who first conceived
and inaugurated Mothers day came
in for a share in the glory, as did the
legion of mothers whose deeds nor
those of their children are not en-
blazoned on the scrolls of fame. Then
we knew he was paying tribute to
our own, for she was such truly
Christian mother and so universally
loved. She was recognized by all who
knew her as one who scattered bles.
sings as far as her hand could reach
Cur neighbors often tell us how they
were blessed in her ministrations
= When sickness and sorrow touched
= any household some token of sym
pathy found it's way from her hanC
: into the Swallowed home. To the old
: she was gentle; to the young, help
} full; to the needy, she was Gods
hand reached out. Was there troub
: lie anywhere near her face appeared
: first at the door and her hanC
brought benefaction. Oh, no, W,
5 do not need to search history fol
noble women. We have them amonf
: us. The courage of the great momen
, tary crisis is not uncommon, but no
) the flashing up of the best in vi
, that makes us great and good. No, 4
, is the supreme and staying steadfast
J ness, that withstands the stress O
, years in the dull drab colored lif,
} around US, that we think we know
: so well. 1t is. the mother who cal
/ stand on the shore of life and hop,
/ for the cheering sail; who can trudg,
: on in the desert of blasted hopes anc
} not despair. She it is who is trul.
: great. We have in mind a widowe,
mother, not far away, with circl
} of little hands clutching her skirts
| Since being alone she has taken Vi
5 the battle of life to bring her ST,
t little ones to man and womanhood
t and, in drawing on that fount of en-
3 ergy and love in every good mother
breast she will surely find that H