The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-19
Mothers
Copyright 1917. by william Ashley sunday

.rd vim pay thee thy wages"
think the story Of Moses II on
~ tbs most attractive and fascina'
' Inc ever written. and 1t takes hold
mon us. and 1t never loses its inter
c5f IL is so graphically told that
,rro n Is learned, II Is never forgot
ten.
have Lried to imagine the anxiety
,,tb which that child was born into
his world, for 1t came with the SEN
tense OF death lowering over ~ for
tbe sword Of Pharaoh had declared
,bat every male child born of the
Hebrews should be slain, and the
battle Of right against might
started right at the cradle.
The mother Of Moses was slave,
and she was compelled Ike tho other
lows to work in the brickyards. but
God was on her side and she won, as
the mother always does when God Is
, on her side.
! before going to work she had to
secure "a hiding place for this child,
4 and nut hts little sister Miriam on
guard lest her presence be seen by
,ho soldiers OF Pharaoh and they
would hunt and slsy this child.
For three months he had 10 be hid
and each day new hiding place had
10 bo secured. I think It would be
difficult 10 imagine anything more
bard than TO hide "A good strong
healthy, growing baby. Now that he
has grown larger and more fun of
Ufc. a more secure hiding place had
no be found, and imagine her giving
up The time she should have spent in
sleep I'm order 70 prepar- an ark for
saving this child.
V,fa far thuf atts
originated in Heaven. / repeat that
think the plans for that ark origi-
mated In Heaven, for God was as
much Interested in the salvation OF
that child as the mother could have
possibly been. for God knew what he
wanted him to do when he became
man,
An event so important and far
reaching upon the human race never
happened by luck or chance. Per-
haps God whispered the plans to her
when she went to Him in despair
over the fact that Pharaoh was go
Ing TO slay all the male children
born
And how carefully the material
out Of which that ark was built had
been selected.
BE Careful at Home.
Al think II parents today were rs
csreful Of the company their child
ftn keep. tho books they read. the
pictures they see and the places TO
which they go, there would not be
50 many drunken sots, vomiting on
their way 10 he'll and haunts OF sin
and vice would not be fed with girls
that have not sproutcd long skirts
yet
The average little sister could give
her grandmother cards and spades
and beat her, hands down.
II you were only more careful OF
the company they keep and the
things they see and the places they
co.
Every twig OF that ark had to he
carefully scanned. that nothing
faulty should go into 1t TO
jeopardize the life Of that little baby.
And in the weaving of that ark she
put the prayers and cars, and she
raised her voice in Thanksgiving
when Il was ready to carry It's Cargo
which was more precious than IL II
we're to hold the crown jewels OF
Egypt.
Imagine the last night that baby |
spent In that home. Pehaps some of |
you can remember a similar night |
when the white casket was in your |
y home and you knew that when the |
day dawned they would carry il out |
and all the light seemed to vanish |
with II. No sleep for the mothers-
others Of the household might |
Sleep
There are whips and tops and pieces
Of strings,
And shoes that no little feet ever
wear
And there arc bits OF ribbons and |
broken wings.
md toys and models Of ships,
MI marked by finger-tips-of dimp- |
led hands
mat have fallen to dust
ana yet we strive to think that the |
Lord was lust.
LET feeling OF bitterness fills our
soul sometimes when we try to |
And remember tha. tha Skapsr
spared so many flowers
oat taketh ours away.
know i'N N'u
~" our broken hearts loved them
dead. ON' u'a' O"eS
old, "' "''e' s'oM
".u now they are waiting for us In
hat city with streets of pure gold
I now they are safe through all
w IN sickness and want and war,
u'ank the great God with a fall
f% The trinkets in the cabinet
,b.t b'1 ail tho dark nights she prayed
Ma zoo would bless the work she
,sE, az uohe' and the step that she had
pn ana shield their child.
irsogple sometimes ask me how |
tiNs the angels employ their
Me- ! think some of the angels
lss, ,Ly uusy Keeping the soldiers away
mr. Ivy KY might accidentally find this
ON ue ny ooy and slay him; for ali Heav-
ala vas on his side and old Pharaoh
ohs no. nave soldiers enough 10 null
Goa nar out Of that baby's head
'u was on the Job. don't Won forTot
there. 0u not iear when God -
hsssSa ana when The day dawned she
an a. nat child, placed him in the
win h"u put The ark among tho reeds
evsu n eehing heart and streaninS
fields 'ae @ turns hack again 10 the /
her bseinlu enu me brick yards % bare