The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-05-10
Good Neighbors
By s. II. McCants


son of the year, when we pay sa-
cred tribute to our mothers, living
and dead, your Good Neighbor
scribe is extending hearty congra-
tulations to all readers and friends
of the Northwest Enterprise, who
are so fortunate as to have the
rich blessing of a mothers care,
and devotion at this time. And to
those who are deprived of these
personal blessings, we pray Gods
love and tender care to guide and
keep you. Now to the young peo-
pie, boys and girls, that 1 have al
ways claimed the best in the world,
I must devote the most important
part of my mothers day message
to you. 1 truly hope with all my
heart that you endeavor to fully
appreciate the rich blessings of a
mothers and fathers care.
1t is true on mothers day we
extend our every courtesy to mo-
Their, we praise and adore her as
the real angel of our lives. And
this is right, but there are those
who through no fault of their own
have no loving mother with them
today to look to for love and Cody
advice. / am speaking from perso-
some of your good fortune and
love with them. They need it. I
know as l have been without the
loving care and guidance of a good
mother for more than 40 years. Yet
it was my dear mothers love and
Cody advice that I have endea-
vored with all my heart to keep,
that enables me at this time to
give you these timely truths and
advice. o am speaking from perso-
nal experience when say to you
that the most precious gift Of all
to your mother this blessed mo-
theirs day, is a solemn vow to be
the girl or boy, woman of man
that she has sacrificed, prayed
and toiled that you should be in
this life.
This solemn vow, young people,
from the depths of your heart, will
make your mother happier than
any gift you can bestow upon her.
How many of you will make this
sacred promise this mothers day
and make your mother the hap
piest soul on earth?
Above all, ask the gift of Gods
love in your hearts. There is trou-
BILE, disappointment and temptation
waiting down the path of life for
all of you and you will need more
than love and care of mother and
father to guide you right. The time
will come when there will be heart
aches that no one but Christ can
console. The time will come when
your best earthly friends regard
less of their love and devotion, will
be helpless to render you consola-
ton. These serious times come to
us all, somewhere down the road
of life and it is then that we need
our mothers God to help and COM
fort us. So let us in our youth take
Christ in our lives as friend that
never fails, whatever may betide.
Learn to love God most of all, for
it is he that provides all the good
things of life for you. And the
crosses we are called to bear simp-
ly confirm our love and trust in a
Saviour that saves to the utter
most. Lasting peace and happiness
p" ~ SOAiS ~ yOd IhiOuSh iOVC dliu
service to others only. My happiest
moments in this life of more than
half a century, came through love
and service to God and my neigh
bors. Our Creator so planned that
He has particular job for each
one of us in this life. 1t may be
inn the distant past of the world.
Just take him with you wherever
you &c, trust him and he will not
fail you. have trusted him all
these years, and he has fulfilled
his every promise to me. have
suffered much to be here in Seat
tie at this time to pass this valu-
able pessage of personal experience
to you. God help you to arrive at
the same determination as 1 have
in this poem:
I'll see it through whate'er the
danger be
One death is all that God assigns
to me
I'll stand erect against the odds