Show ON THIS MOTHERS DAY the second sunday in may has been set aside quite generally in the united states as a day in which to honor our living rn mothers others and to honor the memory of mothers who have journeyed on to miss bliss anna jarvis of philadelphia is given the credit for first suggesting the idea of mothers Alot bers day asked to arrange a memorial service for her mother the inspiring thought came to her that the loving service of mothers generally should be commemorated why not set aside one day in the year to revive in all the memory of youthful days when mother kissed away the little hurts and the small sorrows of childhood od to remember the services rendered by her as from day to day she went about her duties to her home and children this suggestion was at once adopted first by churches and religious bodies and then by the public generally it is one of special days in the schools and in the sunday schools governor campbell of texas once said mothers day is observed in grateful loving remembrance of her who in our infancy and the tender years of childhood guarded us with the majesty of her love in youth blessed us with her devotion and in our manhood led us to a proper conception of the responsibilities and duties of life and made clear the way up thich all nations must ascend in gods appointed time |