Americus times-recorder., 1920-05-07
ARTICLE V.
In Honor of Mother.

Mother and Son-'When | was
sixteen years old, and my mother
about fifty, there began a new chap
ter in our history. My oldest sister
became a Christian. Her life and ar
guments, attended by Gods spirit,
caused shaking of our mothers S be-
lief, and she was brought under deep
conviction for sin, and finally came
! into the peace of God. We children
saw a marked change in her even be-
fore she spoke Of it to us. think the
first expression she ever made of her
new faith and joy she made to me.
One morning before | we&t out she
came and sat by my side and said:
MY dear boy, | have loved you in
tensely, have cared for your health
and comfort to the best of my abili-
| ty, but / have never been I. true
mother to you. l have never spoken
to you about your soul, nor have l
ever prayed with you as l should have
done. | ask your forgiveness, and now
| want to pray with you.
"Then she knelt by my side, and
| still sat in my chair for had never
heard praying in my house, and did
not know how to act. But, ON, how
mother prayed She prayed for me;
she took hold of God and God took
hold of me.
II was convincted of sin and after
many days and much prayer was con-
verted
"That was the beginning of life
for me, and | would soone: lose any
other part of life from my memory
than lose that" 80, how many
times has my heart thanked God for
the gift of my mother! And how
l wish other mothers would let God
speak through their lips to their chill
dren as mine did to me!'
The Creator of Smiles-"I think
of the mother of my boyhood days
who lived as seeing Him who is in
visible" writes Rev. George T. Dowl-
very old-fashioned woman, was my
mother, with her sweet quiet ways.
You never would have found her
picketing the White House gates.
But oh, what happy home she
made; and what song at evening
time she was to every one who knew
her! How often l have seen her,
when burdened with care, pass into
the little room where she was accus-
toned to kneel and pray! And she
has come forth radiant and filled
with peace. Then / learned where
my mother got her smiles"
What Mother Was Writing
you do any literary work?' a good
mother was asked by a neighbor.
Eyes, l am writing two books, was
her unexpected reply. "Indeed!'
cried the questioner, "What are their
titles?" "The one is John and the
other Mary" the mother answered;
'my chief business is to write upon
the hearts and minds of my children
the lessons that they will never for
get"
We can never be thankful enough
for the mothers who realize this OBJ
legation and seize this supreme op-
p0rtunity in the fear of God. But
when we see how many boys and girls
are spiritually neglected, we cannot
but offer the fervent prayer: Would
to God that every mother might hear
the voice from heaven, summoning
her to live in such a way that her
children will rise up and call her
blessed! Only the mother who is a
friend of Jesus Christ can be the
truest, safest friend of her children.
1t is a happy fact that these Incl
dents might be multiplied indefinite
ly, for good mothers are found every
where.
Mother, do you have to say to your
son or daughter: 81 have never been
true mother to you. l have never
spoken to you about your soul?"
God forbid!