Overworked Mothers
A great amount of hard labor is performed to obtain food for their
tables which greatly injures the already overtaxed system. Women
spend a great share of their time over a heated cookstove, preparing
food, highly seasoned with spices to gratify the taste. As a con-
sequence, the children are neglected and do not receive moral and
religious instruction. The overworked mother neglects to cultivate a
sweetness of temper, which is the sunshine of the dwelling. Eternal
considerations become secondary. All the time has to be employed
in preparing these things for the appetite which ruin health, sour the
temper, and becloud the reasoning faculties.
A reform in eating would be a saving of expense and labor. The
wants of a family can be easily supplied that is satisfied with plain,
wholesome diet. Rich food breaks down the healthy organs of body
and mind. And how many labor so very hard to accomplish this—
Spiritual Gifts 4a:131, 132
(1864).
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