Arizona republican., 1917-05-14
REV, BUCHANAN PR[ACHE5STRONG
 SERMON IN HQNOR DUE MOTHERS

The following sermon was delivered yesterday morning by Rev. W. S. Bu- chahan CT the First Christian church:
 1 nave selected as my subject this morning. Honor Due Motherhood"
 Render therefore, to all their dues, hohor to whom honor is due" Rom. l3;7 We might go on and say mem ofy to whom memory is due; and re- spect to whom respect is due etc"
 in thls age we have turned our eyes to the men Who are guiding the great 7l mes on tho plains Of Europe: in the past few weeks our newspap pers have been filled with the journeys of the men rom England and France who are Tn our land negotiating great loans Whereoy the war may continue and the ilood or men be shed-tbat selfishness nlSht nave it's rightawaY-and out of thls war and out of this blood shed is sure to come deeper love for God. We turn out attention to the woman or man who stands on the platform today ana are Willing to bring us a message out or thelr experience and we iaud 1 them to the skies hut. friends, we for get many times the greatest persons Who live upon the earth and the great est beings SD many times we forget the little mother who is toiling day in ana day out giving of her feeble strength and life's blood that her child rel might be brought into manhood and WomanhOod-that they might be | an honor to God and to man.
 This little mother never appears in the eyes of the pulic; but all day long she IS mlnistering unto her home. she IS washing dishes she is keeping the nome as neatly as possible, that these whom God has has given her might be i trained, might be spared, and might be cared for in the name of Jesus Christ. 1 Beloved, l would rather be the mother | who has given children to the world |! and reared them in the name of Christ, 1 leaving the world without any of my ] accumulations. than to be the man or | woman who has written the greatest i production in literature-who has writ 1 ten the greatest song that will be sung i from our platforms. I would rather have part in building soul for the | skies than to write the songs or the poems of the world
 The crown of motherhood-th most beautiful Of all crowns. Men are eager i ly today grasping after the things of this world, but we are neglecting eter- nal things. We are neglecting the things that will live in the presence of l God forever and forever May we then stop to think that the crown of kings on this earth fades into insignificance when we place the crown of mother hood along by the side of it. Let us render honor to whom honor is due and on this day let us honor our mothers.
 Tt was Abraham Lincoln who said | "All that l am and all that I hope tC he owe to my angel mother. It was John Newton who said T would this day be an infidel if it were not for tho
 -~"'-orT of nv motheT.r James A. Gar field said: q owe much to my mothe: 7vho cared for me in the days we lived in the forests of Ohio. After Williar
 a' i0eys inaugural address he said
 and his mother was at his side, Moth l CT, you are the one that is responsible | for this. because it was your principle. and your love that brought me to man
 hood.
 How many of US have thought O.
 our mothers and what We owe them
 What would we be today were it po
 for her tender care? We are here t'
 remember these who love Us and wht
 sacrifice for us:
 "A little mother has written her creed
 in these words: