The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-29
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The woman, wiao III the dawnins OF
new life. midst pain. weakness
! faintness is filled With a real, holy
Joy because u have got me a MN
from Jehovah" With all her heart
she believes, hopes it. and reljgious'y
sets herself to the task Of its realiZa-
+; ton.
Talk about idealists. Who can
compare with mother the woman OF
strong mind and character. WAC
! knows the scope. the sweep, the linn
it Of her influence and power? Lons
after all others have passsd away. are
/ buried and forgotten hers has conle
forth in holy a-Ha:' to wrest a despa r.
ing outcast from shame, ruin. hell.
When eli other has fallen away, Ian
guislled, died, mothers love has still
chung to the object of its devotion,
! like the vim TO the lightning riven
/ tree When all others are gone mem
ories tha. OF mother fingers, and the
! last dying thought is OF her, whose
name asnen lips TAI! 10 whisper.
Wat q ha!o OF glory crowns the gen
u!ne lnotocr,
May we not say in passing that vo-
mans true sphere Of acton, sacred.
the llornc? Here she may reform,
right wrongs. adjust grievances, ana
none may say her nay. With what
/ patient. i,airatah:ng care may she lay
the foundations OF splendid struc-
tr-e, lofty and sublime. without a
shadow, z pillar Of light of incre;t@-
ing cffu.gcace as tne ages go by.
Tie true mothers heart is 8. heav-
I Ell, a real ha.e2 cf refuge, because
of its beauties. the things Of intrinsic
worth. that make earth habitable, and
heaven desirable because of the ut
ter absence OF al things else.
Mother, will you suffer - word Of
exhortation from one bercft Of chti-
drcn by one who knows best? i;a
natural. sincere, without pretensr.
| The thin veneer Of affectation can's
hide tho hypocrisy from disccrninf;
eyes. You cant afford 20 be he'd III
contempt by your own offspring. Let
net =our life be an acted lie 20 those
nearest you, else what must the h;r
vest be2 One such dame said 81, IS
the ambition Of my life, it amounts
to a passion. that my daughters be
! graceful dancers Another. ac-
customcd to cNaggerate, for effect,
show. when her son was brought in.
not hopelcssiy. but sadly nutilated n
honest. honorable cadeavor. gasped to
her husband, and as she thought out
Of :hc boys hearing: Il would rath-
er he had died" a remark more pain
ful. hurtful than his injuries.
Your child is going TO be tried,
and doubtless ia manifold ways. more
devili5h it may DC than we can con-
ceive OF. DO not dcplore il. nor invite
temptation Can there be real char
acter without trial? Therefore, moth
er, s,ufT your boy. rs only mothers
can, with genuine stuff, enough I"
last. and then some more. Fortlty
| him 10 the utmost Of your ability and
! skill. II is known 20 all the wise that
the great. the conGuering, the irre-
sistible forces are III the quiet and 81
: lence OF life.
Mother. what (; field Of action. OF
genuine achievement. Is yours. Not
on the hustin@S. amid the rahbie. Il
sY,ec,.cle 10 the world. but in the
secret rcccss.s, the sacred privacy of
The home. This has been Gods plan.
.l., az tii.:i hats hoc.n. was SO. achicH-
ed. Is is late ! believe il will be
an ovii day to devise otherwise.
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