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Show Mother Influence in j Life of the Redeemer No Incident In connenion with Hie mlnhty trace-dy of the Cross has any deeper pathos or liner slnlllentiee thnn the recorded words. ''Now there stood by the cross ?if Jesus Ills mother." There can he little doubt that, deep ns wns her undprKlmidtng j of His life nnd the Import of Ills mill- i Istry, nho vns Incapable of ,-ouiire ' hendln, to Its full worth, the si. j lilllcanrp of the eruolIKIon No -rt. ' ton words could Indicate the depth ,,f her sorrow or tin- ct'eatness of u.r disappointment. In fe.v of the lives of the irrent nnd the food does the mother Influence Hcurc so largely ns In tile life? of JestiH. Due yearns In know Komethlin; of those years of ob- J scurlty lived In Nnztireth and of tho j IntlnmclcH that existed between nmth- ! er nnd Sol). What H record such pii);cs would make of motherly love nnd filial devotion! We , , ,,IV(1 , strtiln our ItiviKlinitlon to conceive In what evpllclt and lovlnu terms lie talked, Willi her conovnlnK Uie (.'rent Issues of Ills life. DouhHess to no one did He iflde the purpose nf His life's work as to Ills nxuher, nrul certainty from no ono else did c, r0. reive such ussurnnces of devotion nnd eiiconriicement. l.tttle wonder Is It that the master painters of the world have concentrated their genius In pro- I dueliiR on omivus this clowlnn nd Clorlotis Intimacy, ltaphnol's brush perhaps nbovo nil others has produced pro-duced the ImmorUl rnnvns of Mother nnd (lilld. Thn whole Htory of (),,. Cospel lifts motherhood (,. h1l;her I levels or distinction than It hnd ever known before, nnd Mry, (ho mother of JemiH, Is the hlchCHt npproxlmn-Hon npproxlmn-Hon of our Ideals concerning this must sacred of sil offices. |