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Show WHAT A MOTHER SHOULD BE A very helpful nnd inspiring sermon ser-mon to mothers Is contributed In tho November lssuo of tho Worn-nn'a Worn-nn'a Homo Companion by Charles E. Jefferson, pnstor of the Broadway Tabernacle, New York City. In his sormon Doctor Jefferson tells some of the characteristics an Ideal mother should possess. Following Is an extract ex-tract of what ho has to say regarding regard-ing the love of n mother: "A mother may understand all tho mysteries and all Unowlcdgo, but If sho has not love, sho Is nothing. Strang to sny, somo mothers socm to be deficient in love. It la a divine di-vine law that only ns ono loses him-nylf him-nylf is it possible for him to find himself. Not a few mothers iavo lofty notions of their social or ar tlstlc or literary gifts, and strong ambitions to develop theso to tho utmost. They begrudge ovory moment mo-ment they give to their children. They hand them over to governness and nurses, and at tho earliest pos-slb'b pos-slb'b moment send them off to n boirdlng school. In this way they rob themselves of that enrlphment of affection and discipline of spirit that Ood has provided for mothers who faithfully perform their duties. They loso also tho highest raptures that a mother's heart can know. "Mothers who nro unwilling to bo bothered by their children, cannot oxpect their children to know or lovo them. If In tho morning a mother mo-ther refuses to rlso up nnd Iservo her sons nnd daughters, sho wijl find in tho afternoon thnt they will not rise up and call her blessed. Mnny a mother reaches tho end of llfo with n lonely and hungry heart be-causo be-causo when sho was young sho was too busy to knit tho hearts of her children to her." |