The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-11-29
MOTHERHOOD

hAOhs
president Hoover said, in a re
cent proclamation, 1.-THE future OF
our country marches on the feet
of our c~hildren.")
am about my Fathers bust
ness.
In this one statement is express
ed the true relationship of the
mother to her child. Motherhood
is a sacred trust, an appointment,
a commission or assignment, di-
rect from the great Creator on
all life.
The mother is the medium thru
which God creates, guides, and
directs the early period Of the
child's embodiment. She is the in
strument of creation, not the Gre
ator. Only God creates life. The
mother who aims at the highest
Interpretation of her relationship
10 her child must seek a deeper
understanding of motherhood as
the Fathers business, must
strive for a fuller expression OF
her own divinity. Motherhood Is
a shark of divinity that is inner
emf in every woman's soul. 1t is
a spiritual quality not necessarily
dependent on physical express
sion: rather it embodies the tend
erness. the understanding, and
the compassion that Jesus Christ
showed when He said, "Suffer the
little children-to come unto Me
Motherhood Is more a quality
of being than OF doing. The sue
cessful mother is n who seeks
to develop the spiritual nature OF
the child, not by her talking, or
her teaching, but by her living
by her developing divine attrib-
utes within herself. The child can
remember what you are long az
ter he forgets the things you do
or say. Are the things that your
mother said. or is It what your
mother was, stronger in your
memory today?
There was a time when "being
a good mother meant sacrifice,
self-denial, the giving up of all
self-expression in order to serve
and care for the children, to sup
erintend their diet, their buttons,
and their lessons. Motherhood
should mean a more complete eX-
pressiin of the mothers God-cre-
ated self, and the joyous, profit
able companionship of the child.
OF course, the child needs nour-
ishing food, comfortable clothes,
and a reasonable amount of help
with his lessons, but these are
minor issues-things that he
might get from a servant, or even
from an orphan asylum.
Motherhood is not merely bodily
service-a love that is so great
that it can do humble service, and
find joy in doing. Love delights
in service; vet it should not be
limited to physical service, should
not require so much time and at
tention that spiritual service, the
greatest mission of motherhood, is
overlooked.
Jesus Christ washed the feet of
His disciples to prove the humble
quality Of His love, but we do
not consider this His greatest SER
vice to mankind. He came to min
lister to the spiritual nature Of
man, and He said, "And I, if I be
lifted up from the earth, will draw
all men unto Myself"
Mothers. you whose love SO
nearly resembles the love OF
Christ. exalt the spiritual nature
Of your children. Once the spirit
ual nature, the Christlike qualit-
les, are lifted up, or %unfolded, all
the richest gifts of bodily strength
and intellect will be likewise add
ed. or disclosed.
The chill is a spiritual being,
created in the image and likeness
of God. Shall we treat him like
a mere physical animal, attend to
his physical needs, teach him a
few tricks or manners, cram a
few of our W ideas into his head,
and then say; 1--WE done my duty
by him. pve discharged my re-
sponsibility."
There should be no duty, there
should be no responsibility, where
children are concerned. Remember
that they are Gods children. there
fore they are Gods responsibility.
To you, they are an opportunity,
an opportunity to express life, to
express love, wisdom, understand
ing-to express God. The differ
ence between opportunity and re-
sponsibility is the difference be-
tween being a channel Of express
sion and the expression itself, If
YOU would make the most of your
opportunity, you must know the
child as a spiritual being and
motherhood as a sacred means of
divine expression
The mother who looks on her
child as a mere physical being
underestimate her own position
and has little chance of under