The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-05-20
MOTHERHOOD
Bg Mrs, NJ. Il. Rosser.

man is expressed by one OF the
worlds writer's in these words
Through woman alone can our faint
est dreams become teaIty.' The /
embryonic brain is the plastic clay !
from which TO mold great men and |
women. Woman is the creator OF |
souls unborn Though she MAY be |
cramped, enslaved and hindered, |
though she may never9be able 10
sneak her ideal or touch the work /
she hoped 20 accomplish, yet in the
prayer OF her,soul is the prophecy OF
her destiny. T..ci =
The responsibility IS waste from
her sons and daughters shall rise
the heroes. the artists. the singers.
the orators and statesmen. Through
and by her inherited genius the
dream of the mothers soul shall be
accomplished
III may not be in bronze or marble,
nor yet upon the glowing canvas that
I she is an artist; but in the formation
Of character the true. the beautiful
and the good she shall realize the
aesthetic vision and beautify the wall
OF the temple of life with the lining
of the Illuminated soul
II she would more clearly realize
her ideals. would more earnestly
work for the education of others that
they may know themselves and there
by gain self control she must cross
the bridge from the seen 10 the uu-
seen. and cultivate those powers and
| faculties which lead TO the heights
of joy. peace purity and l~e
Mothers believe in yourselves Be
lieye in the fullness of the power Of
GOD 10 help YOU Never doubt for a
moment; ii YOU do it will darken the
channel through which your desire
must come.
Without faith it is impossible 20
please God Enter into thy secret
chambers of prayer and ask God for
iutellgeuce. wisdom ana courage 20
dare and do. His spirit viii always
lead you Alright. Emerson says "If
any young man will, I'm the hush of
tine early morning, stop an conscious
Thought and wait for tha, silent
schoolmaster to speak TO him, ho win
De told exactly what TO do go make
the greatest success iu liie
The training of a child go the pow
er OF mothers love cannot hc too
highly estimated There IS mo- love
like q mothers. and no tenderness
cam compare with it's richness There
Is mo- time So important for the use
OF this love and tenderness as the
earliest years Of impressionable child
u.e
VT that time be neglected 1t is DIFF
dcult TO see how the future can make
that loss good. It is a loss both TO
the mother and to the child But If
that time be carefully and wisely i'm
F, proved the years which follow will
give evidence 'of power growing out
Of those earliest years.
We are all familiar with the simple
story OF the earlier training the great
leader. Moses, received at the hands
of his mother. All through his years
OF heavy responsibility with tho prob
lens Of leadership, we see the trend
OF the principles of Righteousness in
stiled by loving mothers hand.
It costs a great deal to be a good
mother but there Is no reward which
earth can give which can be COM
pared with the love which a faithful
mother wins and holds from the ones
she loves
The mother is the heart of the
home She it is who determines its
characteristics and sheds throughout
the home that subtle atmosphere
which impresses every individual
when introduced into the home circle
and from which its ruling Spirit can
be quickly inferred
It matters not if the mother be a
woman OF education or comparative
ly unlettered. that which determines
her place in the home transeends
school and circumstances. 1t is the
spiritual plane on which she lies, III
is the quality of the motives that in
fluepee her life and determines her
Influence and measures her power in
holding the character Of her
children
Oftentimes young mother makes
great mistake Children with all
their beautiful but sometimes wilnnl
ways and with all their material