South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-10
RABBI MINDA IN
"MOTHER" MESSAGE
The Mother of Israeli i:
Topic of Sermon at the
Temple Beth FL.


At the Mothers Dav services at
Temple Beth Fl Rabbi Albert G.
Minda, in her sermon. The Mother
in Israel" said in part:
Mothers Day Is the testimony
not only OF the mothers eternal
love but is also an evidence Of the
fact that men and women. no mat
ter how aged in years they may be.
how learned in wisdom they may
become, how rich in earthly pos
sessions they may find themselves.
yet they are still chudren-chidren
in quest Of that love which they i'm
bibed from their mothers bosom
children who seek the wisdom
found in the hand that led them TO
school-children who in the hour
OF grief and sorrow turn to that
never falling source OF comfort and
solace. a mothers heart
This age and our country honor
themselves By setting aside one day
in the year on which we are 10 re-
member particularly our mothers.
living and dead. TO whom We are
indebted for all that we are and
all that we possess.
Each year this day comes with
its MESA ge-a message that tells
US OF nothing new. for motherhood
is as old as the world. and never
was there motherhood without
mother love.
I'm the early dawn or the worlds
history. when God called into ex-
istence the universe and those who
were TO people it, when the first
woman was brought to the first
man. He could find no more beauti-
full name for this creature than
Eve, which signifies The Mother
OF all the living"
And when from Sinais heights
there pealed forth the ten great
commandments which proclaim the
fundamental principles Of human
life and conduct. God saw fit 10 in
clude IN these the commandment
setting forth the honor and rever-
niece due TO parent. Honor thy
father and thy mother that thy
which the Lord thy God hath given
unto thee The rabbis OF old tell
US that this commandment comes
between the group setting forth our
duties to God, and those relating
our duties 10 man. because the hon
oring Of parents is both a human
and divine obligation. proclaiming.
as Il were. that he who honors faith
or and mother honors God.
The destiny of the nation said
the great educator Froebel. lies far
more in the hands of women. the
mothers than in the hands of those
who possess power. We must Gull
tivate women who are educators Of
OF the human race or else a new
generation can not accomplish its
task Our mothers day emphasiz-
es as no other had the truth of
these words. For the mothers it
becomes the high and sacred and
sacred task to set forth in this day
OF changing standards and conflict
ing ideals, the ideal OF true wom-
anhood and motherhood. an ideal
expressed in sacred writ: Grace is
deceitful and beauty is vain, but
the woman that feareth the Lord
shall be praised.
Whatever may be the spheres OF
life and activity. the positions OF
power and influence which the
modern world holds forth TO the
modern woman. none can. none
dare, rob her OF her highest and
most sacred position "a mother. in
whose hands rests the destiny Of
her people.
IF Mothers Day can accomplish
nothing else. il shall not be in vain
II il can demonstrate to a restless
age. 10 a restless society. and to
restless individuals the sacredness.
the high responsibility, and last but
not least, the great honor and glory
OF a vocation which calls life into
being and which has the power to
mould ife for good or bad.
ITO the true mother every day is
Mothers Day. for the price OF
motherhood is eternal vigilance al
the hearthstone of the home and the
gateway of society Her spirit
knows neither night or day time
or distance. joy or sorrow. life or
death.
ITO a world torn with strife and
hatred. to a universe stepped in sin
and sorrow. may mother love come
as a healing balm and as a saving
power 10 raise men and nations 10
higher standards of life. TO nobler
conceptions Of duty. 10 loftier
hopes and visions of the future. to
the end that through the mothers
and mothers sons and daughters
mankind may be blessed with
peace and virtue. rejecting honor
on man and ascending as a sweet
incense offering to the Father on
High"
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