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Show V THE MOTHER'S TASK. What is a mother's chief work? To develop in her children the Christian character and to train them lor heaven. hea-ven. Could any ocupatioii ,(. more noble? Weary the mother is often with the cares of the day. the monotonous duties du-ties of the household, toil and sickness . and anxiety: fretted is she frequently frequent-ly by the thoughtlessness of her little ones, by their faults, by their mischief, by their unpleasant traits, by their tin- ; pi; den co. by their des'.ruct i veness. by j their ingratitude. But if she has the i spirit of faith if she can offer up to God her troubles with au'c t of res- j ignation; if she can overcome he: self I with n-;lien e so that she may over- i come her c hildren by example, by forbearance, for-bearance, by counsel, by correct-on, by love: if she faithfully dischaigcs her-task her-task and real's her sons, and daughters in virtue, the very angels reverence her. her salvation shall come through I child-bearing and child-educating, and a crown of eternal life is already prepared pre-pared for her. . To train souls to be in a measure (it for the vision of God. that is her high mission, her glorious calling, her splendid lot! t'athoMo Columbian. : ! Character is not a gift, but a formation. forma-tion. Judas had the si me chances of better things which bis brother apostles apos-tles had. Charact r grows from habits, hab-its, and he adopted lad ones. |
