The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-09
Sunday, May 9, 1920.
MOTHERS DAY

ing the noblest of all Gods creation.
Mother A sweeter word cannot be
found in the English language word
more fraught with all that goes to constitute
love- self-sacrifice, enduring devotion
Mother. The word which is the symbol
OF all that is true, all that is holy, all that
is noble.
From the day when creations mysteries
brought the first man into the world, on
down to the present time, Mother has car
ried with it that something which makes the
hearts of all men better, purer. closer to God
The mother of the first man, born in pre-
historic times, untutored, savage with savage
instincts, felt for that son the same affection
which pulsed through the heart of Mary, the
Mother of the Savior of man. And when,
degenerate and sinful as have been some of
the sons of the mothers of all ages, Cain.
the first born man child the world knew, slew
his brother, the mothers heart broke and
mourned for the murdered younger brother
while her heart waited humble supplications
to the Throne of Grace, supplications that the
unnatural one might. repentant, escape the
lash of punishment.
The world may turn against the man; the
father may forget the duty he owes to the
flesh of his flesh; the wife may forget the
affection she felt for the husband and desert
him and turn to another, but the mother, no
matter If the sons faults be as many as are
the countless sands of the sea-shore, will
always cherish in her heart the image of that
boy in the days of his innocent babyhood, the
days of his bright boyhood, the days of his
promising young manhood.
The prison doors may clang behind the
errng boy, the boy who has forgotten the
prayers OF the fearful mother, supplications
poured forth that he might repent reform
and live an upright life; the face of all the
world may turn against him. society may
ostraclse him and the laws of man decree
MN being unfit to associate with all save
CRIMINALS and the lowest of the low, but the
gentle heart of the mother who bore him,
the mother who passed through the Valley
OF the Shadow in the great mystery of crea-
ton, Will always be true, loyal and devoted
to him. He will, no matter if his sins be as
scarlet always remain mothers boy
1t seems but poor recompense, but
poor offering, but a poor acknowledgment of
all man owes to mother to give one day
each year to her-Mothers' Day.
1t was poet with memory sweet of
mother dear pulsing through his heart whose
brain conceived the lines in which will be
found the phrase "A boys best friend is his
mother"
Realizing the truth of this, apprecating
the fact that it is an axiom which cannot be
disputed, we ask you, today, if your mother
llves, to pause Just moment in your thought
lessness and give to her the one kind word
for which her heart longs When the angel
of death shall kiss down her eyeids in the
sleep OF all eternity, your heart will be a
little less heavy with regret. it will beat a
little lighter, if your conscience can whisper
of some kind word spoken on this day. of
some token rendered, of affection and love
for that greatest woman.
And you men whose mothers are dead.
you men with craving locks, with whitening
temples, with dmmng eyes and wrinkng
brows; you men whose mothers sleep be-
meath the sod, beneath the humble mounds
of clay enshrouded with the clinging vines
which nature sends to embrace her tomb.
stop in your mad rush for wealth and pref
erment and with barred head and honest
heartbeat raise prayer to high heaven that
you may yet become the man which the
heart now stilled forever, would wish YOU to
be.
Mothers Day The day set aside to be
made holy and sacred through showing the
proper respect for the most sacred and holy
being ever created by the orLd God of the
Universe.