The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-05-15
Hundreds Of Kenoshans
Wearing Red and White
Carnations Attend Mo-
theirs Day Services.
SERMONS ARE IMPRESSIVE
Ministers Present the codhood Of
Motherhood and Urge sons and
Daughters 10 Keep the Faith
and Follow in Their Train.
MOTHER

ftMOTHER0 :
(Tune, My Country, lis Of Thee)
Mother! That precious name
Forevermore the same, :
Earth s sweetest word Y
Though ages past have flown, !
No sound was ever known y
Like that dear name alone,
Or ever heard!
Through the long hours of night =
y When tears bedimmed her sight,
* Our pain she soothcd, :
Never Of self thought
Always for us she wrought;
With tireless love she sought; Y
Our paths to smooth.
y Our mothers God, to thee Y
In deep humility, '
~ We lit our prayer
Keep those we love the best '
Through every trial and test, :
And may they ever rest =
Safe in thy care.
X
There Is a reason for the star-border,
The song that it incloses, as sung by
several hundred worshippers under the
direction Of Professor w Fl, Schroeder,
was. one of the star features of most
impressive Mothers Day service held
at the First Congregational church on
Sunday morning. Other significant
offerings were Harold Curtis's inspir-
Jug rendition Of "Little Mother Of
Minep Professor Schroeder's and Mr..
Feuker s violin duet, and a powerful
sermon by the Rev. H. r. Sell on the
appropriate theme, The Good Mother.
Taking his text from that part Of
ST. Luke s gospel in which the Virgin,
following the annunciation, says From
henceforth all nations shall call me
blessed the minister declared that
the Holy Mother was a model mother
in her idealism, her undying love, and
her spirit of self-sacrifice
Mary rejoiced' the Rev. Mr.. Sell
declared, "not so much because she
was to be the mother of the Messaiah
as because she was to be mother at
all and was to be given an opportunity
to lavish her love and care upon some
thing that was part Of her, some
thing that would reflect honor or shame
on her for all eternity. She appreci-
ated the difficulties of the task but
she did not shirk it. She knew that
it would mean sacrifice, perhaps the
supreme sacrifice, but she exulted in
the fact that God had thought her
worthy of such human tenderness and
such divinity"
At the Park Avenue Methodist
church the Mother 5 Day service was
equally inspiring. Following special
music by the vested choir, the Rev. O.
W. Taylor preached impressively from
the text "Mother, behold thy son.
Carnations both red and white, on coat
lapels and spring gowns seemed to
give the Rev. Mr.. Taylor unusual in
SEPARATION for his address and to make
his message doubly fervid and appro-
pirate
AS illustrative of benignant and eff
ficient motherhood the minister cited
the life of Susannah Wesley and show
ed how her motherly love and care had
given the world two benefactors of
such influence as John and Charles
Wesley.
'fIt wasn't just happenso, the
Rev Mr.. Taylor declared, "that the
Wesleys became a power for good in
the world. 1t was mother reaping
what she had sowed even though she
did not live to see the full-blown great
ness of her sons. The great Methodist
church is monument to a mother s
love, love that not only protected
from evil but also inspired to noble
ness, altruism, and Christian service.
The sermons of John Wesley and the
hymns Of Charles Wesley We're, after
al, merely the soul of their mother
finding tangible expression in the lives
of children, who loved her and appre-
eiated her sacred love for them
At the First Baptist Church both song
and sermon exalted motherhood Most
Impressive were the renditions of
9 Mother Machreen and sfLittle Mother
of Mine" by Mrs. Alvin Eckert and
Hubert Mcclure respectively. The Rev.