Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-05-06
ISotber
(By Pearl Langford)

has more tender meaning than the
hword mother" tho word itself i'm
Iplies all the virtues, loyalness, kind
heis and truth that go to make VI
ethat noble character. Mother
always untiring in her efforts fol
the comforts and happiness of hus.
band and children.
Girls. do we ever stop to realize
that few short years ago mother
was at the tender age OF girlhood
that she came into the life OF her
husband with happiness and high
hopes of her earthly pilgrimage by
his side? Those years have brought
some OF the richest blessings OF this
world and she received them with a
grateful heart. knowing that always
when plucking roses from the tree
OF life, that she in turn would find
a few OF the thorns. Yet to her the
roses wero so beautiful that the
pricking of the thorns meant only
that she had plucked the most beauti-
ful flower on the tree. My mother
plucked seven roses from this garden
OF life. two of which she handed
back to her heavenly father, know
ing that they were 10 bloom In his
garden, and five are left to bloom in
this earthly garden for a few more
years, to be comfort and try by
their love to give her some OF the
wealth OF happiness she so Justly de-
serves.
Mother travels the pathway OF life
without fear. Through the years
OF life she looks calmly into the fu-
ture and does not falter. with a hero
Ism born of her supreme faith in
Christ.
Mother" we all know her. Not
all OF us In the same person, but the
same glory frames each separate face
in the Aureole OF its own Divinity
and whether 1t may be my mother or
your mother the same hallow OF glory
surrounds them both.
The picture of the happy smiling
face of mother that awaits to greet
you at the little sacred spot called
hone" Her children will always
havefa memory Of the many labors
and services rendered by the hands
that knew only the little acts oi
love for tho homo and family they
had so fondly helped to establish.
II viii always be a guide to them in
reaching the goal to which they have
started.
Mother, as queen 0f her little
home, watches and cares for It, with
only love as her compensation and Of
ten in the stiffness OF the night, her
prayers are breathed into the listen
ing ear of God that her companion
might be watched over safely while
out struggling against the odds of
the world, In order that his home
and family might be kept together
and that she as mother might guide
the little lives that have been en-
trusted to her care.
Who is more willing to rejoice
with us in our pleasure and grieve
with as In our sorrow, than mother7
II the wayward son goes out into
the world. 1t is mother who most
grieyes, who daily works with that
great anxiety continually In her
heart and at the same time gladden.
ing the home with her sunny smile
and her words OF encouragement.
Startling at every unusual step on
the graveled walk, she watches con-
tinually for the return OF the absent
one and when he does not come her
mind travels back and forth over
the busy happy years when she was
caring for him az little child and
starting him in the right path and
then Of the time when the little feet
began to strayq out into the pah OF
manhood and finally left the old roof
tree and her. Then II he comes
back bruised, beaten and sin stained
IT is mother who receives back the
prodigal with open arms and asks
only TO bathe his wounds with her
tears.
Z Girls let's try to live up to the
standard Of true womanhood. live up
to the standard of our own mothers
80 that in future years our children
may carry the high standard down
to future generations. Abraham
Lincoln once said "All tnat / am or
hope TO be owe to my angel moth
err"
God thought TO give the sweetest
thing
IN HIS almighty power
To earth: and deeply pondering
What # should be one hour
In fondest Joy and love OF heart
Outweighed every other
He moved the yates OF Heaven apart
And gave to Earth 4 Mother.