New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-05-14

Y said the FilgTim mOtheRs not enl
L endured ali that the fathers endure
hnl IN addition, endured the PilgFll
fathers
a I'VE like "a think Nf the mother
Y Of great msR and my mind gOss hae
70 the great teacher in China, Cent?
Gus, who lived SEQ years befoT
Christ, His father died when he We
three years ~ age, His father VAS 7
years old and his mother but ~, whe
" she married, She was q very beauli
b fnl and highly cultured woman, Whe
Il the father died, instead az the moths
:, bringing up the little boy In luEuTs
she moved 20 a little village an
brought him up Ia poverty, She laugh
n him 20 cultivate the earth. 20 plan
s seeds and live close 10 the heart q
y nature, she also taught him 20 plal
J, an instrument similar 10 a guitar, III
2 always played some sweet music be
: fore he spoke 10 the people, WhsI
7 he was but young man he was lef
, an orphan, Every time before HI
: went on long Journey through Chine
10 speak, he would so out 10 the grave
! Of his mother, When he came haeh
from long journey he never would
see a person, never speak 10 a person
nor address an audience until he went
} 10 where his mother was buried, On
the anniversary OF his mothers death
he would see no people, speak 10 no
one but would fast all day. spend the
day near the grave OF his mother and
We OF America call that ancestor wor-
ship but II was only the great lose
that wonderful scholar had for his
mother who had stamped upon his
soul the great love she had for him.
I'VE come also TO the mother OF
our great Jesus Christ, She was a
sweet and holy woman and was the
one OF all the women OF those days.
NJ TO he the mother OF Christ, She
was finally follower OF her Sons
teaching,
Then comes the mother OF John
! Christensen. When one Of his teach
ers tried 20 make him heather. he
failed TO do II. The teacher said,
MY what mothers these Christian
children have
I'VE come TO Monica, the mother
of st. Augustine. She prayed for him
until he was finally converted TO God.
''rhen we come to Susanna Wesley.
mother OF John Wesley. When Mrs.
Davis and were visiting in England
we came to the home of John Wesley.
We went into the little prayer room
where he spent hours of prayer.
Among the four greatest people of
their time was listed the name of SUI |
zanne Wesley who gave to the world |
John Wesley. She was the mother of !
10 children and she instructed them |
in the things of God. She was the (
mother of 10 children and she in .
structed them in the things of God.
She was the daughter of minister.
wife of a minister and mother of two
ministers.
Another great mother. Captain
When she died. 100000 people viewed
her remains and shed tears. oh,
what an influence this mother had.
There is Washington's mother,
Abraham Lincoln's mother of whom
he said, All am and ever hope to
be, | owe to my mother. President
Garfield kissed the Bible on his in
day and then placed 1t in
the lap of little old lady nearby;
it was the Bible his mother had given
him when he was a little boy. AS
Cleveland said upon the, eve of his
election to the governorship of New
York state. If mother were alive, /
would be writing letter to her. 1
cannot tell how different it is since
she has gone. 1 believe all my sue {
cess has been due to mothers pray '
ers.'
John Randolph said, When / tried I
@ make an infidel of myself, / could |
lear ringing in my ears, my mothers
ioice saying, our Father Who Art In 7
heaven 1 cannot turn away from
Tod and the Bible Napoleon praised ;
lis mother and gave her credit for II
haping his great destiny. ! prefer u
or friend a man who has never re-
listed the tears of his mother. When {
went out to preach in California l l.
tayed at the home of man who II
reached with me. He told me that
When he used to go out to Dances stay II
ut late, his mother would pray for II
lin constantly. One night he crept II
nto the house quietly and he saw =
i'm light in the parlor. He looked
n and there on her knees praying for .
i'm was his mother. She had stayed y
here all through the night and 1t 1t
vas now o'clock. From that time e
n he gave his life to God and now is ~
astor of the Methodist church in a -
own in Ohio, all because his mother -
rayed to God. God saved her son.
~, 1ac IF i,,ic
f them credited their start in the "
Ministry to their mothers Some men u
ERE talking about the Bible and say -
lg what versions they liked best. ~
hey all had their different opinions ~
ut one man said he likes his moth * "
rs version best. They asked him y
hat that was. Had she written any u
ible? He told them his mother had ~
ritten Bible in her everyday life
nd from morning to night he had ;,
lad that Bible which was his moth> :"
IS life. II.
You women, it is the Bible that
,u live in your home. A little boy -, -.
ice made out a bill for, the various
lores he had done around the house. :,
e had itemized it and the total was ~,
&c. 1t told what mother owed to ~.
lille. He put it under her plate -. ~
Id she placed the 75c there with an ~,
her bill of a different nature. She W
,mized it as follows: Willie owes to
other for providing nice, Christian -
,me all his life. for nursing him !, =
rough a long sickness, for being Of
cd to him and feeding him, moth,
Z. Total, Willie owes mother moth a.,
2. The boy placed the 75c back in ~.
5 mothers lap and with tears in his -,