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Show oo MOTHER'S LOVE STANDS HIGH AMONG BLESSINGS By Rev. Robort Asa Smith, Westminister West-minister Presbyterian Church. Extracts Ex-tracts from Sermon. Text, I Kings, ii-lft, "And the king caused a seat to be set for his mother moth-er and she sat on his right hand and ho bowed himself unto her." The dearest, the best, of all earthly earth-ly blessings, next to the girt of our Lord, Jesus Christ, is a mother. InBtead of massaging the wrinkles out of your faces, some of you younger young-er women would be far more beautiful, beauti-ful, if you would work more wrinkles Into your faces and I am sure you would be far more respected. The best citizen in this land Is the true mother. It was a Christian mother's hand that enables Lord Bacon to write, Newton to philosophize, Alfred the Groat to govern, and Jonathan Edwards Ed-wards to thunder 4of Judgment to come. ir tnere 16 a mother nerc wno does not realize her great responsibility and opportunity, let her go home to revise her life and the life of her household, to Bit at tho Master's feet until she gains the wisdom necessary to make her an Influence in the world. Motherhood is the holiest and happiest hap-piest life this side of heaven If It he pure and In tho fear of God. To be a mother Is to be a queeu, a sovereign, a statesman, a judge, a mighty factor in the land. Say, woman, what more could you want? Young man, the greatest mistake you ever made wa that you did make your mother both companion and sweetheart. You go home and tell that mother how much you think of her if you are fortunate enough to have one alive, Do it before she dies. It will be a better act to give her boquots now than to spend $3 a dozen fot roses to put on her grave when she is dead. ' Don't be ashamed otyour mother, of her old-fashioned ways, her olo-style olo-style clothing, her old-style furniture and her old-fashioned ways of doing things. They are dearer to her than a new tub hat to a young girl, and there is a reason for it. Some da she will be gone, and thoae old things , will be dearer to you than gold. |