The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-10
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had decked out old Mother Earth in her sayest attire.
 But If the God of Providence was bountiful in sending the sunshine, and tempering the winds, the sons of men were eager to do their part in paying loving tribute to tseir mothers in pub lie services and private homage.
 
 Harpers cartoon on the front page of The Age Herald, Get in Touch With Mother Today" was but the picture of the spirit which ruled uppermost in the hearts of every man whose mother was lying. It incarnated both the young and the old mothers.
 Now I am afraid he will get after me for giving him away but happening to be around The Age Herald building near church time, l found him coming out of the telephone booth where h. had been talking over long distance to his dear old mother up in Ten nessee. I was glad that he was living up to his own drawing.
 
 For once had a free Sunday. On my way down town I, good Baptist. was picked up by good Methodist, who little later asked a good Presbyter- ian to ride and shortly after offered a seat to a good Catholic. On reaching the downtown district each one went to his own church to worship God after the dictates of his own con science in the spirit of the founders of this country
 l had time to take in the Sunday school at the First Baptist church and to get the inspiration 0. the wonder ful Mothers Day service held in Wood row Wilson park where most fitting programme was carried out in which Judge w. w. Brandon was the princi- pal speaker for the Cosmopolitan class taught by George Lewis Bailes, and presided over by John Ingram.
 The exercises at the First Baptist church Sunday school differed only from the ones held in the other churches in that a part of the pro- gramme was carried out in the open air. Each Sunday school in the district made much of Mothers Day, and great enthusiasm was aroused in all of them by the singing, the recitations, the addresses and the decorations and the wearing of flowers added to the at- nfix af
 Having So few open Sundays in Bir- mingham and having small chance to attend church, I made up my mind to hear Dr. R. N. Simpson, pastor of the First Christian church, whose church backs up against The Age Herald and whose home is just a half block away from my own, but whom I had never had the pleasure of hear ing preach.
 Friend G. R. Harsh kindly took me under the shadow of his wing as the church was crowded and found me seat in the gallery. I had heard Dr. Simpson speak at the pastors confer "Aiu Adu pSen present at the funeral service of the late R. M Goodall that splendid citizen whom we all miss so much in the civic and religious life of the community. The tribute paid him by pr. Simpson was the most beautiful thing I have ever heard in house of mourning and I will remember it long for its own beauty and because it was spoken about a friend
 pr. Simpson used for a text a por- tion of the nineteenth verse of Kings:"And the King rose I'D to meet her and bowed himself unto her and sat down on his throne, and caused seat to be set for the kng's mother and she sat on his right hand" It was the story of Bathsheba and the deference solomon, her son. gave unto her, and well fitted for the days sermon.
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 ne dld what like a preacher to do, and that is, give the historical setting or ms text. In few telling words he- told about the rise of the monarchy in Israel and how Saul was more of a nighiand ch1eftain than king and he even David himself was more ac- customed to the camp than to the crown, but how Solomon was born to the purple. and ruled with a kingly mien.
 He used the incident of the text to snow that Solomon was most deferen- tiai In the reception of his mother, and did not make her wait without until matters of state and the courtie-s had been sent away;s. but on hearing that She was at the door. got up and had her snown In immediately and put her on ms right hand. I am sure that in these days when alas! too often man ners seem to be a lost art and rever- ence dead thing. 1t is we'll to make plea to all to show more deference to our mothers.
 had mix-up, denominationally speaking, after cuhrch in going home. A friend. an Independent Presbyterian. asked me to get in his car. I lid and rode out about half way where he stopped to get some ice cream. Along came Christian who told me to jump m as he lived nearer me than the Presbyterian. and just as I was on the eve of getting in, Methodist neigh DOT who lives just across the street mouoned to me and I rode home with nm. There is nothing like staniing in with all denominations when you are carless and want to get picked up.
 got home to find that a thoughtful son had sent to his mother, whose