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self-sacrificing love, yet she cannot boast of what she has done as
any great achievement. She has only kept things in the home running
smoothly. Often weary and perplexed, she has tried to speak kindly
to the children, to keep them busy and happy, and to guide their feet
in the right path. She feels that she has accomplished nothing. But
it is not so. Heavenly angels watch the care-worn mother, noting the
burdens she carries day by day. Her name may not have been heard
in the world, but it is written in the Lamb’s book of life.
The Mother’s Opportunity
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 mother who appreciates this will regard her opportunities as
priceless. In her own character and by her methods of training, she
will seek to present before her children the highest ideal. Earnestly,
patiently, courageously, she will endeavor to improve her own abil-
ities, that she may use properly the highest powers of the mind in
training her children. Earnestly will she inquire at every step, “What
has God said?” Diligently she will study His Word. She will keep
her eyes fixed upon Christ, that her own daily experience, in the
lowly round of care and duty, may be a true reflection of the one true
Life.
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