Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-15
CENTRAL BAPTIST PASTOR
SPEAKS ON MOTHERHOOD
Special Service Held Sunday Morning
In Commemorate ncf Mothers Day.

IN commemorate NOT Mothers. Day.
A special service in commemoration
OF Mothers Day was held at the Gem
trail Baptist church on Sunday morn
ing when the pastor, Rev. Joel B. Slo-
cum, D. D., preached sermon on
Motherhood The Junior talk deliy-
cred by the pastor. was on A Mothers
Love. Following the offertory Richard
w. Arnold explained the significance
of Mothers Day and Edward H. Duro
recited Before It Is Too Late and Paul
Wilbur gave recitation, Somebody's
Mother
Rev. DR.. Slocum took his topic from
Rom. 1877, Render to all their dues
honor to whom honor.
All honor to mothers, today, be-
cause of the mother thought. BY that
expression mother thought, I mean
two things, the thought that goes out
from the mother and the thought that
hand, her thought for others and on
the other hand the Thought of others
for her. o, the thoughts of mothersI
Who can name them? The long
thoughts; the joyous thoughts; the
thoughts of pride; and the thoughts
days; and the thoughts Of the sunny
hours: the thoughts of ecstatic pleas
ure and the thoughts that press the
life from out the breaking heart; the
thoughts that leap and the thoughts
that linpI Then the thoughts that go
back to the mothers from every con-
dition of life and every class Of peo-
pie: from the rich and the poor; from
the glad and the sad; from happy
homes and homes that are filed with
sorrow; from the boys and the girls
that have succeeded and from the 9TH
w h2Ue, Cl17iUvvrafElxf FThAy~c
are mothers who are sadly singing
Where is my wandering boy tonight
and there are boys who are reTnorse-
fully saying: 20 for the touch of q
vanished hand, and the sound of a
voice that is still"
Think of the millions of young men
in the trenches today who are think
Ing of mothers and sweethearts and
wivest The picture cannot be painted
The situation is too complicated fol-
the imagination. No compiler of sta
tigtics can chart it--tllis thing that we
call mother-thought travelling is won
derful journey; weaving its marvellous
web backyard and forward across the
land and around the world. Giving
and getting; pouring out to fragrance;
and receiving a harvest Of joy from
its sowing of tears.
A boy who afterwards became gov
ernor Of Massachusetts, was thrown
into the water from a capsized sal
boat and swan a mile, He reached
the shore in safety but exhausted. His
mother asked him how he managed
to hold out so long. The boy replied
II thought of you, mother, and kept
on swimming" There are a goo6
many boys and girls who have beer
kept from sinking by the thought Of
mother.
When other help has failed tht
thought of mother has been a haver
NJ 5Ix
southerner, who covered himself with
glory as an orator. became sick of tht
batteries of the tickle multitude and
taking a. train to a little obscure vii
lage in Georgia, he went down ons
street, up another, opened a familiar
gate, walked into the side door ant
was taken into the arms of his meth.
er. What is the matter, Henry % sht
| asked, with the same loving solicitudt
that he'd often been in her voice il
the years long past. 20 am sick
mother, sick of the applause and tn.
noises of life; let me go to bed!" Ant
ne went to bed and then she came al
she had done in other days and tuck.
ed him in. After which he said
Mother. sing me some OF the songi
OF chi9dhooa." And she crooned hin
to sleep. That incident that actual,
occurred in the life Of Henry Grad!
illustrates the simplicity and strength
Of the mother thought-the though
that goes back to mother after TIL,
years have opened all their treasures
Of riches and of fame.
There was a man who after listen
said to his friend! 1.-THE three great
est singers have ever heard were m,
mother, my wife, and my little girI
They sang for me and to me thei
voices have ever been the sweetest
There was another who remembers
4 S. kT..~
the CROSS He committed her to the be
loved disciple John, saying to her
Behold, thy sonl" and to him: BE
hold thy nlotherl" They are anon
the sweeteest words of Jesus.
All honor to mothers, today, becaus
OF mother-deeds. Here again is al
expression that is susceptible Of tW
points Of view-the deeds that mother
/ perform and the deeds they inspire.
/ A mothers hand has a touch that
more gentle and yet more effectiv
| than the touch of any other hand. !
mothers kiss made Benjamin West
painter and he never forgot that in
spring fact. A mothers word of en-
couragement cheered up the little fel
| low who had steel braces on both hi
| legs and after repeated failures an
falls he succeeded in learning to wal
because his mother helped him wit
| the Inspiration of her hope and he
i
more souls than we shall ever be abb
to estimate, 1t was tho devoted, per
ststent prayers of the mother of Au
gustine that prevailed for she neve
ceased praying for her hayward DO
until he became a followed of Chris
And Augustine became one of the mos
influential men the Christian churc
has ever known. A mothers sacrific
has come nearer to the sacrifice {
Christ than any devotion the worI
has ever kneWn,
The Werld has made sonic progress
in the lessons of self forgettfng SCI
vice and those lessons have com
mostly from Christ and Christia
mothers.
Just before the service commence
fifty beys Of the Sunday school diIed 1
and took seats in the front Of I'll
eAureh. This part OF the service wa
under the direction OF J, Harold 81,
II At the evening service fourteen ne
members were received into the churc
and the regular communion gerviG
Il razr H. n