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The Grandest Work of All, September 15
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our
daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of
a palace.
Psalm 144:12
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The tenderest earthly tie is that between the mother and her child.
In the children committed to her care, every mother has a sacred
charge from God. “Take this son, this daughter,” He says; “train it for
Me; give it a character polished after the similitude of a palace, that it
may shine in the courts of the Lord forever.”
This work of molding, refining, and polishing is the mother’s. The
character of the child is to be developed. The mother must engrave upon
the tablet of the heart lessons as enduring as eternity.
Child training is the grandest work ever committed to mortals. The
child belongs to the Lord, and from the time it is an infant in its mother’s
arms, it is to be trained for Him.
The home should be to the children the most attractive place in the
world, and the mother’s presence should be its greatest attraction....
By gentle discipline, in loving words and acts, mothers may bind their
children to their hearts.
There is a God above, and the light and glory from His throne rests
upon the faithful mother as she tries to educate her children to resist
the influence of evil. No other work can equal hers in importance. She
has not, like the artist, to paint a form of beauty upon canvas, nor, like
the sculptor, to chisel it from marble. She has not, like the author, to
embody a noble thought in words of power, nor, like the musician, to
express a beautiful sentiment in melody. It is hers, with the help of God,
to develop in a human soul the likeness of the divine.
The king upon his throne has no higher work than has the mother.
The mother is queen of her household. She has in her power the mold-
ing of her children’s characters, that they may be fitted for the higher,
immortal life. An angel could not ask for a higher mission.
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