,transcribed from the #ahgf ,hatchards edition by ,david ,price1 email ccx#jgdpglaf4org ,,the ,,christian ,,mother3 ,,or1 ,,notes ,,for ,,mothers' ,,meetings4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,by ,,the ,,late ,,mrs ,e4 ,,hoare4 99 99 99 99 99 ,second ,edition4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,london3 ,,hatchards1 ,,piccadilly4 #ahgf4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,london3 ,printed by ,,john ,,strangeways1 ,castle ,st4 ,leicester ,sq4 ,,preface ,,to ,,second ,,edition4 ,,the following ,notes were prepared and published some years ago1 by one who has since realised in ,heaven the unspeakable value of those precious truths which she most diligently taught on earth4 ,the little book has been for a long time out of print1 but it appears so calculated to be useful in the ,lord's service that ,i have thought it well to publish another edition4 ,it was said of ,abel1 #8,he being dead yet speaketh4' ,may the admirable mother by whom these notes were prepared so speak in these pages to those who know a mother's care1 that they may be assisted to enjoy the full experience of a mother's joy6 ,e4 ,,hoare4 ,,tunbridge ,,wells1 ,april1 #ahgf4 ,,preface4 ,,the following notes have been used by the writer in conducting ,mothers' ,meetings amongst the poorer classes1 and it has been suggested that they may be useful to other ladies engaged in a similar work4 ,with this view1 she has ventured to publish them in the present concise form4 ,it will be seen that they are merely skeletons1 and will require to be filled up by each person who makes use of them4 ,thus it will be necessary to turn to the texts referred to1 and to enlarge on each head as familiarly as possible1 illustrating it by simple1 and telling facts4 ,if this is done1 and the subjects well studied1 it will often be found1 that1 although each subject has been generally compressed into one chapter1 it is better to take one1 two1 or three heads1 as affording sufficient matter for the conversation of a single evening1 rather than too hastily to go over the whole section4 ,it will be a cause for thankfulness1 if these short notes may be the means of leading any mothers to search the ,scriptures more diligently with reference to their own especial duties4 ,whether rich or poor--educated or uneducated--mothers all need1 in the great essentials1 the same help1 the same warnings1 the same encouragements4 ,they want to be comforted1 both in duty and trial1 by the same word of promise1 and to #8go boldly to the same throne of grace to obtain mercy1 and find grace to help in time of need4' ,it is earnestly desired that the study of the following pages1 which are1 in fact1 only a compilation of ,scripture1 may be the means of leading many to listen more closely to ,his voice1 who knows so well the mother's heart1 the mother's sins1 the mother's sorrows1 and the mother's need4 ,m4 ,e4 ,h4 ,,tunbridge ,,wells1 ,december1 #ahfb4 ,,contents4 ,,page ,importance of ,children #i ,the ,temper of the ,wife1 and ,mother #aa ,truth--part ,i4 #ab ,truth--part ,,ii4 #ac ,the ,excellent ,woman--as a ,wife #ae --in her ,home #ag --in her ,conversation #ai --her ,religion #ba --her ,reward #bb ,how to spend ,sunday #bd ,companions #bf ,sloth #bh ,the ,watchful ,mother #bi ,the ,hasty ,mother #ca ,the ,weary ,mother #cb ,the ,careless ,mother #ce ,the ,careful ,mother #cg ,the ,patient ,mother #ch ,the ,firm ,mother #ci ,conversion #da ,thou1 ,god1 seest me #dc ,jesus the ,mother's ,friend #dd ,helps for ,mothers--part ,i4 #df ,helps for ,mothers--part ,,ii4 #dh ,teach your ,children #ej ,the ,parting ,place1 and the ,meeting ,place #ea ,the ,mother's ,death-bed #ed ,new ,year's ,day #ee ,first ,meeting in the ,year #eg ,last ,meeting in the ,year4 ,the ,cradle and the ,grave #ei ,i4 ,,importance ,,of ,,children4 #8,take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones4' ,matt4 xviii4 #aj4 ,i4 ,they are important to ,society4 ,our future soldiers1 sailors1 servants1 fathers1 mothers1 husbands1 wives1 c41 c4 ,,ii4 ,important to yourselves4 ,the babe--the child--the young man--the young woman4 ,a gift 7,gen4 xxxiii4 #e2 xlviii4 #i7 which must prove either your crown 7,prov4 xvii4 #f2 ,ps4 cxxvii4 #c7 or your bitterness4 ,prov4 xvii4 #be2 ,gen4 xlii4 #ch4 ,,iii4 ,important to themselves4 ,that child must live for ever4 ,a living soul committed to your care4 ,that child must stand before the judgment-seat of ,christ4 ,rev4 xx4 #ab4 ,,iv4 ,important in the sight of their ,father who is in heaven4 ,so important--that for them ,he gave ,his only ,son to shed ,his blood4 ,so important--that ,he especially calls1 #8,suffer little children1' c4 ,mark1 x4 #ad4 ,so important--that ,he gives ,his angels special charge over them4 ,matt4 xviii4 #aj4 #8,take heed then that ye despise not one of these little ones4' ,no jewel so precious as the soul of your child1 but how far more do parents often prize the casket containing it1 than the gem itself6 ,no plant so needing watchful care and culture2 ,oh6 neglect it not6 ,what have ,,you done with your jewel1 your plant8 ,,ii4 ,,the ,,temper ,,of ,,the ,,wife1 ,,and ,,mother4 ,i4 ,what she should not be4 #a4 ,provoking4 ,eph4 vi4 #d4 ,prov4 xv4 #a4 ,gal4 v4 #bf4 #b4 ,easily provoked4 #a ,cor4 xiii4 #e4 ,jam4 i4 #ai4 #c4 ,brawling4 ,prov4 xxi4 #i2 xxv4 #bd4 #d4 ,contentious4 ,prov4 xix4 #ac2 xxi4 #ai2 xxvii4 #ae4 ,,ii4 ,what she should be4 #a4 ,gentle4 #a ,thess4 ii4 #g4 #a ,pet4 iii4 #d4 ,children are soon frightened by rough words1 or rough treatment4 #b4 ,forbearing4 ,eph4 iv4 #b4 ,col4 iii4 #ac4 ,if you cannot bear with your children1 who will8 #c4 ,patient4 #a ,thess4 v4 #ad4 ,eccles4 vii4 #h4 ,a mother has need of great patience4 #d4 ,loving4 ,tit4 ii4 #d4 ,,iii4 ,in your daily temper take ,christ as your example4 #8,consider ,him who endured such contradiction of sinners against himself1 lest ye be weary1 and faint in your minds4' ,heb4 xii4 #c4 ,,iii4 ,,truth4 #a4 ,importance of truth4 ,prov4 xii4 #ai4 ,the liar's portion4 ,rev4 xxi4 #h2 xxii4 #ae4 ,how can you enforce the necessity of truth1 and the sin of lying upon your children8 ,i4 ,you must enforce it by example4 #a4 ,never deceive them4 ,the word passed must never be broken4 ,be careful1 then1 how you promise or threaten4 #b4 ,always adhere yourself closely to truth4 ,in little things as well as great1 in deed as well as word4 ,what a warning is ,rebecca 7,gen4 xxvii47 of the danger of the first downward step1 and the baneful influence of a mother's evil example6 #c4 ,let them see that you cling closely to truth1 even when it is to your own disadvantage4 ,ps4 xv4 #e1 ,prayer-book version4 #d4 ,never get out of a difficulty by an untruth4 ,,ii4 ,to do this be ever-- ,watchful4 ,ps4 cxli4 #c4 ,prayerful4 ,ps4 cxix4 #bi4 ,,iv4 ,,truth4 #b4 ,last meeting we found that it is useless to enforce the necessity of truth1 unless the mother is consistent in her example4 ,besides this3 ,,ii4 ,enforce it by instruction and by precept4 ,tell--how ,god hates lying4 ,prov4 vi4 #af1 #ag2 xii4 #bb4 ,tell--histories from ,scripture to show how ,god hates it4 ,satan1 ,gen4 iii4 #d4 ,gehazi1 #b ,kings1 v4 #be4 ,ananias1 ,acts1 v4 #a-aa4 ,tell--who is the father of lies4 ,john1 viii4 #dd4 ,tell--the consequences of lying4 ,ps4 v4 #f2 lv4 #bc4 ,rev4 xxi4 #h4 ,,iii4 ,avoid severity4 ,children are often frightened into deceit by fear of their parents' severity4 ,,iv4 ,do not put temptations to lie in a child's way4 ,do not encourage them to conceal anything from their father1 schoolmaster1 master1 or mistress1 if in service4 ,v4 ,correct for a lie4 ,it is a false love which dispenses with a needful chastisement4 ,prov4 xiii4 #bd2 xix4 #ah4 ,but always with prayer4 ,,vi4 ,let the child see that you are grieved for his sin4 ,that it gives you sorrow1 not only causes anger4 ,ps4 cxix4 #aeh4 ,,vii4 ,make it a subject of prayer with your child that the way of lying may be removed from him4 ,ps4 cxix4 #bi4 ,prov4 xxx4 #h4 ,v4 ,,the ,,excellent ,,woman4 ,prov4 xxxi4 ,,as ,a ,,wife4 ,i4 ,a wife ought to be a chief blessing2 a good wife is so4 ,verse #aj4 ,prov4 xii4 #d2 xviii4 #bb2 xix4 #ad4 ,,ii4 ,her husband can safely trust her4 ,ver4 #aa4 ,money--children--sure of her affection--no secrets4 ,,iii4 ,she does him good1 and not evil all the days of her life4 ,verse #ab4 ,not like ,eve4 ,gen4 iii4 #f4 ,or ,samson's wife4 ,enticing--coaxing--teazing--weeping--be traying4 ,judg4 xiv4 #af4 ,,iv4 ,she cares for his bodily wants4 ,verses #ae1 #bc4 ,to do this must be a #8keeper at home4' ,tit4 ii4 #e4 ,v4 ,she submits if wills clash4 ,not often the case in a happy home4 ,yields cheerfully1 not grudgingly1 when in accordance with ,god's will4 ,col4 iii4 #ah4 ,eph4 v4 #bb4 ,,vi4 ,she endeavours to win her husband1 does not try to drive4 #a ,pet4 iii4 #a4 #a ,cor4 vii4 #af4 ,win to religion by displaying its beauty and brightness in your lives4 ,,vii4 ,she is a spiritual help to her husband4 #a ,pet4 iii4 #g4 #8,mutual help and comfort4' ,marriage ,service4 ,not a hindrance4 ,luke1 xiv4 #bj4 ,a wife has more opportunity than any one of seeing her husband's faults4 ,do not talk about them1 but pray about them4 ,,vi4 ,,the ,,excellent ,,woman4 ,prov4 xxxi4 ,,in ,,her ,,home4 ,i4 ,she is diligent4 ,verses #ac1 #ae1 #ah1 #ai1 #bb1 #bg4 ,so #a ,tim4 v4 #aj4 ,rom4 xii4 #h4 ,no gossiping2 standing at doors2 idling at neighbours4 ,observe what is said of the diligent in the ,book of ,proverbs4 ,maketh rich4 ,prov4 x4 #d4 ,prospered 7,prov4 xii4 #bd1 #bg2 xiii4 #d2 xxi4 #e47 ,sometimes worldly diligence leads to spiritual sloth4 ,let it not be so with you2 but whilst you are #8not slothful in business1' be also #8fervent in spirit2 serving the ,lord4' ,rom4 xii4 #aa4 ,,ii4 ,she is prudent4 ,verses #ac1 #ad1 #ae4 ,looks well to her goings4 ,prov4 xiv4 #ae4 ,looks forward4 ,prov4 xxii4 #c2 xxvii4 #ab4 ,enjoys a special blessing4 ,prov4 xix4 #ad4 ,,iii4 ,overlooks her household4 ,verses #ae1 #ba1 #bg4 ,children1 servants1 if she has any4 ,your household1 of whomsoever it may consist1 should share your blessings and privileges4 ,gen4 xviii4 #ai4 ,lev4 xvi4 #ag4 ,acts1 xvi4 #ae4 ,important to impress this upon your girls going to service4 ,a good mistress ought1 and will1 look after them4 ,no kindness in lax discipline4 ,look back to your own days of service4 ,who was the best mistress8 #a ,tim4 v4 #ad4 ,,vii4 ,,the ,,excellent ,,woman4 ,prov4 xxxi4 ,,in ,,her ,,conversation4 ,i4 #8,she openeth her mouth with wisdom1' verse #bf4 #a4 ,no foolish talking1 or jesting4 ,job1 xv4 #c4 ,eph4 v4 #d4 #b4 ,no chattering or gossip1 which tends to penury4 ,prov4 xiv4 #bc4 ,eccles4 x4 #aa1 #ad4 #c4 ,no deception4 ,prov4 xxiv4 #bh2 xx4 #ag4 ,,ii4 #8,in her tongue is the law of kindness1' verse #bf4 #a4 ,no tale-bearing or back-biting4 ,prov4 xxv4 #bc2 xxvi4 #bb4 ,ps4 xv4 #c4 ,how mischievous4 ,prov4 xxiv4 #b4 #b4 ,no flattering1 like wicked woman4 ,prov4 v4 #c2 vi4 #bd4 ,ps4 v4 #i4 ,,iii4 ,how important to bridle the tongue4 ,jam4 i4 #bf4 ,there is often much wisdom in silence4 ,ps4 xxxiv4 #ac4 ,prov4 xvii4 #bh2 xxix4 #aa4 ,let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of ,christ4 ,philip1 i4 #bg4 ,ps4 lxxvii4 #ab4 ,prov4 xv4 #d4 #a ,pet4 iii4 #a4 #b ,pet4 iii4 #aa4 ,col4 iii4 #af4 ,make this your prayer4 ,ps4 xix4 #ad2 cxli4 #c4 ,blessing promised4 ,ps4 l4 #bc4 ,,iv4 ,three good rules4 #a4 ,so speak to your husband and children1 that should these be your last words1 you would not regret them4 #b4 ,never say anything of your neighbours you would dislike them to overhear4 #c4 ,in all your conversation1 remember that the ,lord is nigh1 and hears each word4 ,,viii4 ,,the ,,excellent ,,woman4 ,prov4 xxxi4 ,,her ,,religion4 ,i4 ,the secret of her many excellencies here portrayed4 ,it did not consist in beauty4 ,verse #cj4 ,a pretty face often leads to ruin4 ,prov4 xi4 #bb4 ,ezek4 xxviii4 #ag4 ,never make much of a child's beauty4 ,but it was this1 she was a religious woman1 actuated in all she did by the fear of the ,lord4 ,verse #cj4 ,the woman who fears the ,lord4 #a4 ,hates evil4 ,prov4 viii4 #ac4 #b4 ,it is her moving principle1 #8all the day long4' ,prov4 xxiii4 #ag4 #c4 ,she is happy1 though poor4 ,prov4 xv4 #af4 #d4 ,it is her confidence and refuge in trial4 ,prov4 xiv4 #bf4 #e4 ,it is well with her4 ,eccles4 viii4 #ab4 ,,ii4 ,she shows her love to ,christ1 by her love to ,his people4 ,verse #bj4 ,acts1 ix4 #cf4 ,heb4 xiii4 #af4 ,you need not be rich to be charitable4 ,the poorest may give4 #b ,cor4 viii4 #b4 ,god looks not at the size1 or value of the gift1 but the motive from which it springs4 #b ,cor4 viii4 #ab4 ,the widow's mite4 ,mark1 xii4 #db1 #dd4 ,the cup of cold water4 ,matt4 x4 #db2 xxv4 #ce4 ,nursing a sick neighbour4 #a ,tim4 v4 #aj4 ,,ix4 ,,the ,,excellent ,,woman4 ,prov4 xxxi4 ,,her ,,reward4 ,i4 ,her children regard her with grateful love1 and look back with thankfulness to her care and teaching4 ,verse #bh4 e4g4 ,timothy1 #b ,tim4 i4 #e1 and ,david1 ,ps4 lxxxvi4 #af2 cxvi4 #af4 ,,ii4 ,her husband confides in her1 blesses her1 honours her4 ,verse #bh4 ,eph4 v4 #be1 #ca4 #a ,pet4 iii4 #g4 ,,iii4 ,she reaps the fruit of her labours4 ,verse #ca4 ,deut4 iv4 #dj4 ,prov4 xx4 #g2 xxii4 #f2 xxix4 #ag4 #b ,john1 #d4 ,,iv4 ,she shall rejoice in time to come4 ,verse #be4 ,not only in this world 7,ps4 cxviii4 #ae71 but in the life to come4 ,in the future kingdom1 will not her children1 for whom she prayed and laboured1 be to her1 as ,st4 ,paul says his spiritual children will be to him1 #8,her joy1 her crown of rejoicing in the presence of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ at ,his coming8' #a ,thess4 ii4 #ai4 ,let this cheer the faint-hearted and discouraged ,christian mother2 she sows perhaps now with bitter tears1 but she shall #8reap in joy4' ,x4 ,,how ,,to ,,spend ,,sunday4 #8,remember the ,sabbath ,day to keep it holy4' ,mothers can effect much by domestic arrangement1 and forethought4 ,i4 ,make ,saturday a #8day of preparation4' #8,bake that which ye will bake to-day1' c4 ,exod4 xvi4 #e1 #bc4 ,mark1 xv4 #db4 ,luke1 xxiii4 #ed4 ,,ii4 ,endeavour to make the ,sunday #a4 ,a holy day4 ,exod4 xx4 #aj1 #aa4 ,deut4 v4 #ab4 ,gen4 ii4 #c4 ,to sanctify1 signifies to set apart for a holy purpose4 ,thus in the ,new ,testament the ,sabbath is called #8the ,lord's day4' ,rev4 i4 #aj1 because a day devoted to ,his service4 #b4 ,a resting day4 ,gen4 ii4 #c4 ,lev4 xxiii4 #c4 ,matt4 xxiii4 #ef4 ,called #8the ,sabbath of rest4' ,lev4 xxiii4 #c4 ,and #8the rest of the holy ,sabbath4' ,exod4 xvi4 #bc4 ,sabbath signifies rest1 and heaven1 of which it is a type1 is called1 #8the keeping of a ,sabbath4' ,heb4 iv4 #i4 #c4 ,a happy day4 ,it is a gift1 a privilege1 not a task4 ,exod4 xvi4 #bi4 ,isa4 lviii4 #ac4 ,not esteemed to be such1 unless ,god's service felt to be a delight4 ,others say1 #8,when will the ,sabbath be gone8' ,amos1 viii4 #e4 ,let there be no gloom in the home1 but a cheerful sobriety4 #d4 ,a profitable day4 ,though rest1 not idleness4 ,children are always happiest when their minds are employed4 ,to profit pay great attention to ,public ,worship1 ,deut4 xxxi4 #ab1 #ac4 ,acts1 xiii4 #db2 xvi4 #ac2 xviii4 #d4 ,heb4 x4 #be4 ,observe our ,lord's example4 ,luke1 iv4 #af4 ,the ,sunday ,school is a great help to the poor mother4 ,cultivate religious occupation4 e4g4 ,find texts--repeat hymns--sing hymns1 c4 ,,iii4 ,observe the promise4 ,isa4 lvi4 #b-g3 lviii4 #ac1 #ad4 ,,xi4 ,,companions4 ,i4 ,danger of bad companions4 ,one bad companion corrupts many4 #8,a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump4' #a ,cor4 v4 #f4 #8,evil communications corrupt good manners4' #a ,cor4 xv4 #cc4 ,eph4 v4 #aa4 ,prov4 xxii4 #bd1 #be4 ,you are warned in the ,scriptures against making companions of3 #a4 ,fools4 ,prov4 xiii4 #bj4 #b4 ,riotous4 ,prov4 xxviii4 #g4 #c4 ,thieves4 ,isa4 i4 #bc4 #d4 ,depraved4 ,prov4 xxix4 #c4 #a ,cor4 v4 #i4 #e4 ,irreligious4 #b ,thess4 iii4 #ad4 ,jam4 iv4 #d4 ,if important for yourselves1 doubly so for the young1 unformed minds of your children4 ,,ii4 ,form good friendships4 #8,the friendship of the world is enmity with ,god4' ,jam4 iv4 #d4 ,david chose his friends from those who feared ,god4 ,ps4 cxix4 #fc4 ,heb4 x4 #cc4 ,,iii4 ,observe three rules for the sake of your children1 as well as yourselves4 #a4 ,never harbour bad guests4 ,lodgers--workpeople4 #b4 ,never associate with the wicked1 unless obliged to do so1 or with a view to doing them good4 ,even this needs caution4 #c4 ,remember1 #8,a man is known by his friends4' ,you and your children will be judged by the company you keep4 ,,xii4 ,,sloth4 ,i4 ,the command to be diligent is plain4 ,rom4 xii4 #aa4 #b ,thess4 iii4 #aj1 #aa4 ,,ii4 ,see the miserable results of sloth4 #a4 ,it leads to tattling4 #a ,tim4 v4 #ac4 #b4 ,decay4 ,eccles4 x4 #ah4 #c4 ,difficulties4 ,prov4 xv4 #ai4 #d4 ,waste4 ,prov4 xviii4 #i4 #e4 ,want4 ,prov4 xx4 #d2 xxiv4 #cj1 #cd4 ,,iii4 ,contrast excellent woman 7,prov4 xxxi4 #bg7 with the slothful person4 ,prov4 xix4 #bd2 xxiv4 #cj2 x4 #bf4 ,,iv4 ,learn a lesson from the ant for yourselves--for your children4 ,prov4 vi4 #f1 c4 ,give your children something to do4 ,remember1 they must be set to work1 though it is often more trouble to you to teach them to do it1 than to do it yourself--yet persevere4 ,v4 ,if not slothful in your temporal affairs1 above all be not slothful concerning the salvation of your souls4 ,heb4 vi4 #aa1 #ab4 #b ,pet4 i4 #aj4 ,,xiii4 ,,the ,,watchful ,,mother4 ,no eye should be so wakeful and watchful as a mother's4 ,i4 ,watch over your children in infancy4 ,exod4 ii4 #h4 #a ,sam4 i4 #bc4 ,it is described as next to impossible for a woman to forget her sucking child4 ,isa4 xlix4 #ae4 ,a well-watched infancy1 under ,god's blessing1 avoids many future ills4 ,,ii4 ,watch over your children's education4 ,judg4 xiii4 #h4 ,in every minute particular4 ,learning--clothing1 c4 #a ,sam4 ii4 #ai4 ,prov4 xxxi4 #ba1 #bc4 ,contrast the dirty1 unmended clothes of the poor1 uncared-for child1 with the clean and neatly mended garments of him whose childhood is guarded by the watchful eye of a mother4 ,,iii4 ,watch them in times of sickness and death4 ,no eye so quick to discover a hidden ill4 #b ,kings1 iv4 #ai1 #bj4 ,john1 xix4 #be4 ,,iv4 ,above all watch over the precious soul4 ,never lose sight of the soul1 in care for the body4 #a4 ,watch1 as those that must give account4 ,heb4 xiii4 #ag4 #b4 ,watch1 to detect sin1 and check its growth4 ,mark first sign of the plague spot4 #c4 ,watch1 for opportunity to lead to ,christ4 ,prov4 xv4 #bc4 ,deut4 vi4 #f1 #i4 ,mark1 x4 #ac4 ,,xiv4 ,,the ,,hasty ,,mother4 ,i4 ,how common6 ,yet the ,bible commands us not to be hasty4 ,eccles4 vii4 #i4 ,a woman's ornament should be a meek1 and quiet spirit 7#a ,pet4 iii4 #d71 and a nurse is mentioned as being especially gentle to the little ones4 #a ,thess4 ii4 #g4 ,,ii4 ,observe the angry woman1 ,how foolish6 ,prov4 xiv4 #bi2 xxix4 #bj4 ,how provoking6 ,prov4 xv4 #a4 ,how wearing6 ,prov4 xix4 #ac2 xxvii4 #ae2 xxi4 #ai4 ,drives the husband from his fireside4 ,sets an evil example to the children4 ,often does in her haste1 what she heartily repents at leisure4 ,,iii4 ,therefore1 #a4 ,put away anger4 ,eph4 iv4 #ca4 ,do not be soon angry4 ,prov4 xiv4 #ag4 ,jam4 i4 #ai4 #8,meekness gives smooth answers to rough questions4' #b4 ,exercise self-control4 ,prov4 xxv4 #bh2 xvi4 #cb4 #c4 ,teach it to your children4 ,,iii4 ,remember1 a hasty temper is a fault1 not a misfortune4 ,accustom yourself1 and your children1 to view it in its right light4 ,,iv4 ,ask help from ,god to subdue it1 for temper is hard to conquer1 and meekness is a fruit of the ,spirit4 ,gal4 v4 #bb4 ,matt4 v4 #e4 ,you need help1 for there is much to provoke a wife1 and mother4 ,you need help1 for you are very weak1 but you can do all things through ,christ who strengtheneth you4 ,phil4 iv4 #ac4 ,,xv4 ,,the ,,weary ,,mother4 ,many things below make a mother weary4 ,the blessing of rest is chiefly future4 ,notice various things that often make mothers weary1 and the remedy for them4 ,,cause4 ,,remedy4 ,i4 ,weary with cares and ,i4 ,do not carry your burden sorrows--ready to exclaim1 #8,my alone4 ,ps4 lv4 #bb4 burden is greater than ,i can bear4' #a ,pet4 v4 #g4 ,jer4 xxxi4 #be4 ,hereafter rest4 ,psa4 xciv4 #ac4 ,isa4 xiv4 #c4 ,,ii4 ,weary with work4 ,,ii4 ,make more use of the rest of the ,sabbath4 ,exod4 xx4 #h4 ,called #8,sabbath of rest4' ,lev4 xxiii4 #c4 ,hereafter4 ,heb4 iv4 #i4 ,,iii4 ,weary with sickness4 ,,iii4 ,comfort in time of sickness4 ,ps4 xli4 #c4 ,job1 vii4 #c1 #d4 ,isa4 xxxviii4 #ab1 #ad4 ,great alleviation in true spirit of submission4 ,may be your own1 your husband's1 your children's4 ,hereafter4 ,isa4 xxxiii4 #bd4 ,rev4 xxi4 #d4 ,wearisome nights of pain1 or watching4 ,,iv4 ,weary of your sins4 ,,iv4 ,come with your sins to ,christ4 ,ps4 vi4 #f2 xxxviii4 #d4 ,matt4 xi4 #bh1 #bi4 ,oft repented4 ,hereafter4 ,rev4 xxi4 #bg4 ,oft repeated4 ,v4 ,weary with your children's ,v4 ,correct1 and they shall give sins4 you rest4 ,prov4 xxix4 #ag4 ,consider ,christ1 lest ye be weary4 ,heb4 xii4 #c4 ,do you know where to go for rest8 ,jer4 vi4 #af4 ,or are you wandering hither and thither in vain1 having forgotten your resting-place8 ,jer4 l4 #f4 ,remember1 it is only to those who are in ,christ that these promises of rest apply4 ,it is only ,his own sheep who can say1 #8,he maketh me to lie down in green pastures4' ,to others there is no rest here1 or hereafter1 for1 #8,the wicked are like the troubled sea1 when it cannot rest4 4 4 4 ,there is no peace1 saith my ,god1 to the wicked4' ,isa4 lvii4 #bj1 #ba4 ,,xvi4 ,,the ,,careless ,,mother4 ,isa4 xxxii4 #i-ac4 ,motherless children are often uncared for4 ,no one #8naturally cares for their state4' ,no child with a mother ought to be so4 ,but too often mothers are careless about-- ,i4 ,their minds4 ,no schooling--no teaching--no training--no ,sunday ,school4 ,cares not whether in time1 or too late--regular or truant1 c41 c4 ,,ii4 ,their respectability1 and associates4 ,will take in bad lodgers1 hire bad characters to help at the wash-tub because they can be had cheaper than the respectable1 forgetting that #8a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches4' ,prov4 xxii4 #a4 ,eccles4 vii4 #a4 ,what guilty carelessness6 ,,iii4 ,their happiness4 ,what misery here awaits a neglected child6 ,what woe hereafter6 ,,iv4 ,their souls4 ,to a parent guilty of this carelessness1 it is said1 #8,his blood will ,i require at thine hand4' ,ezek4 iii4 #ah1 #ai2 xxxiii4 #f4 ,have you ever lost a child1 for whose soul you never cared8 ,pray ,ps4 li4 #ad4 ,this arises from want of real religion4 ,you do not know the immense value of a soul4 ,would you be thus careless of an earthly treasure8 ,would you not watch it--lock it up--guard it with a jealous eye8 ,your child's soul a treasure passing all price4 ,yet you allow ,satan to steal it--bad companions to corrupt it--ruin it yourself by neglect4 ,a thing neglected is ruined4 ,keep in view the judgment day4 ,will your child then say1 #8,no man cared for my soul'--#8even my mother cared not that ,i perished6' ,,xvii4 ,,the ,,careful ,,mother4 ,i4 ,careful in her house4 ,no waste4 ,prov4 xviii4 #i4 ,john1 vi4 #ab4 ,yet not stingy4 ,no needless expense--makes a little go a long way4 ,,ii4 ,careful over her children4 ,their bodies--health--clothes--future4 #a ,tim4 v4 #h4 #b ,cor4 xii4 #ad4 ,provident ,club4 ,penny ,bank1 c4 ,their minds4 ,gives education suitable to their station4 ,no fortune so good4 ,what a disgrace in these days to a mother1 if a child cannot read and write6 ,their souls4 ,above all1 let not care for the body choke this4 ,mark1 iv4 #ai4 ,lay up treasure in heaven4 ,matt4 vi4 #bj4 ,,iii4 ,let not careful mother be too full of care4 ,not overcharged4 ,luke1 xxi4 #cd2 x4 #da1 #db4 #8,live not in careful suspense4' ,luke1 xii4 #bi 7margin74 ,cast your care on ,one who can bear it4 #a ,pet4 v4 #g4 ,phil4 iv4 #f4 ,he will not despise it1 #8for ,he careth for you4' ,for the future1 take this for your motto when over-pressed by cares and trials1 #8,the ,lord will provide4' ,gen4 xxii1 #ad4 ,philip1 iv4 #ai4 ,ps4 xxiii4 #a4 ,,xviii4 ,,the ,,patient ,,mother4 ,a mother has1 in a peculiar degree1 #8need of patience4' ,heb4 x4 #cf4 ,i4 ,in trials of temper4 #a ,cor4 xiii4 #d1 #e1 #g4 ,prov4 xiv4 #ag4 ,,ii4 ,with your children's faults4 ,matt4 xviii4 #bb1 #ce4 ,look back to the days of your childhood4 ,were not you equally trying to your mother8 ,remember your own faults1 and ,god's patience with you4 ,he bears long with you4 ,,iii4 ,it may be you need patience in bearing with unjust tempers1 and unkind treatment4 #a ,pet4 ii4 #ai1 #bc4 ,ps4 xxxvii4 #g4 ,,iv4 ,for answers to prayer4 ,syro-,phenician mother4 ,matt4 xv4 #bb1 #bh4 ,jam4 v4 #g1 #h4 #8,tarry thou the ,lord's leisure4' ,v4 ,in tribulation1 sickness1 and poverty4 ,rom4 xii4 #ab4 ,jam4 v4 #aj1 #aa4 ,luke1 xxi4 #ai4 ,,xix4 ,,the ,,firm ,,mother4 ,i4 ,to obey is a child's duty4 ,exod4 xx4 #ab4 ,eph4 vi4 #a4 ,col4 iii4 #bj4 ,,ii4 ,this obedience should be-- #a4 ,implicit4 #b4 ,unquestioning4 #c4 ,immediate4 #d4 ,in manner1 and spirit4 #e4 ,from love4 #f4 ,in absence1 as well as presence4 #g4 ,to the mother as well as the father4 ,prov4 i4 #h2 vi4 #bj2 xv4 #bj4 ,lev4 xix4 #c4 e4g4 ,luke1 ii4 #ea4 ,this is most important4 ,in the ,bible no difference is drawn between the authority of the father and mother4 ,,iii4 ,a promise attached to obedience4 ,exod4 xx4 #ab4 ,eph4 vi4 #b4 ,jer4 xxxv4 #ah1 #ai4 ,,iv4 ,to disobey is sin4 ,deut4 xxi4 #ah1 #ba4 ,ezek4 xxii4 #g4 ,rom4 i4 #cj4 #b ,tim4 iii4 #b4 #a ,sam4 ii4 #be4 ,v4 ,a punishment attached to disobedience4 ,deut4 xxvii4 #af4 ,prov4 xxx4 #ag4 ,,vi4 ,it is a parent's duty to enforce obedience4 ,allowed disobedience brings misery into the home4 #a ,tim4 iii4 #d2 v4 #d4 ,eli4 #a ,sam4 ii4 #bc4 ,david4 #a ,kings1 i4 #f4 ,how solemn then1 ,mothers1 is your responsibility4 ,how earnest should be your prayers that your commands may agree with ,god's4 ,gen4 xviii4 #ai4 ,deut4 xxxii4 #df4 ,eph4 vi4 #a4 99 99 99 99 99 ,seek for wisdom in commanding4 ,firmness in insisting4 ,,xx4 ,,conversion4 ,we meet time after time at our ,mothers' ,meeting1 but how few of us are truly converted1 and changed in heart4 ,ask yourselves this night two questions4 ,i4 ,do you earnestly seek your own conversion8 #8,what shall it profit you1 if you gain the whole world1 and lose your own soul8' ,mark1 viii4 #cf1 #cg4 ,delay not4 ,isa4 lix4 #a4 ,,ii4 ,do you earnestly seek for the conversion of your children8 #a4 ,perhaps you do not care for it4 ,you do not seek first for them the kingdom of ,god4 ,matt4 vi4 #cc4 ,be honest to yourselves in this matter4 ,are you ready to give up for them anything that keeps them from ,christ8 ,matt4 v4 #bi1 #cj4 #b4 ,perhaps you do not pray for it4 ,observe how the mother prayed4 ,matt4 xv4 #bb1 #bh4 ,david4 #a ,chron4 xxix4 #ai4 ,job1 i4 #e4 #c4 ,perhaps you place hindrances in the way4 ,you draw them to the world instead of to ,christ4 ,matt4 xviii4 #f4 #d4 ,perhaps you forget the necessity of the ,holy ,spirit's power4 ,isa4 xliv4 #c1 #d1 #e4 ,pray this night for the outpouring of the ,holy ,spirit upon yourselves--your husbands--your children4 ,matt4 vii4 #aa4 ,remember1 #8except ye be converted1 and become as little children1 ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven4' ,matt4 xviii4 #c4 ,,xxi4 ,,thou1 ,,god1 ,,seest ,,me4 ,god's penetrating eye4 ,rev4 i #ad4 ,i4 ,he sees all4 ,prov4 v4 #ba4 ,bad and good4 ,prov4 xv4 #c4 ,,ii4 ,where does ,he see you8 #a4 ,he sees the mother in secret4 ,matt4 vi4 #f4 ,each secret prayer--each sigh--each tear4 ,no privacy from ,him4 ,eccles4 xii4 #ad4 ,ps4 xix4 #ab4 ,jer4 xxiii4 #bd4 ,many would give worlds to hide from ,god4 #b4 ,in her daily path4 ,job1 xxxiv4 #ba4 ,ps4 cxxxix4 #c4 #c4 ,in every circumstance4 #b ,chron4 xvi4 #i4 ,,iii4 ,what does ,he see8 #a4 ,the mother's heart4 ,jer4 xx4 #ab4 #a ,sam4 xvi4 #g4 ,her motives--desires--yearnings4 ,you may deceive others4 ,you may even deceive yourselves1 #8but all things are naked1 and opened unto the eyes of ,him with whom we have to do4' ,heb4 iv4 #ac4 ,luke1 xvi4 #ae4 #b4 ,the mother's sins4 ,ps4 xix4 #ab2 xc4 #h4 ,isa4 lvii4 #ah4 ,amos1 v4 #ab4 ,sins of omission and commission4 #c4 ,the mother's sorrows4 ,exod4 iii4 #g4 ,both inward and outward trials4 #b ,kings1 xx4 #e4 ,ps4 cxlii4 #c4 ,acts1 vii4 #cd4 ,there are many sorrows it is not well for a wife and mother to speak of to others1 but take comfort6 ,your ,saviour knows each grief--each trouble--each tear for your own sins or the sins of others4 #d4 ,the mother's need4 ,matt4 vi4 #h1 #cb4 ,and ,he promises to supply it4 ,ps4 xxiii4 #a4 ,philip1 iv4 #ai4 ,,xxii4 ,,jesus ,,the ,,mother',s ,,friend4 ,i4 ,mothers need a friend6 ,in joy and in sorrow1 in dark hours and in light1 in life and in death1 they need a ,friend who is always the same--even #8the same yesterday1 to-day1 and for ever4' ,,ii4 ,you may have such a ,friend4 #a4 ,even ,jesus4 ,prov4 xviii4 #bd4 ,john1 xv4 #ae4 ,the ,friend of sinners4 ,matt4 xi4 #ai4 #b4 ,he loveth always4 ,prov4 xvii4 #ag4 #c4 ,he is faithful4 ,prov4 xviii4 #bd4 ,john1 xiii4 #a4 ,,iii4 ,is ,he your ,friend8 ,can you point to ,jesus and say1 #8,this is my ,beloved1 and this is my ,friend8' ,cant4 v4 #af4 ,if not1 do not rest until you can say so4 ,,iv4 ,if ,jesus is your ,friend4 #a4 ,go to ,him in trouble4 #8,pour out your heart before ,him4' ,john1 xi4 #c1 #aa4 ,in sorrow lean on ,his bosom1 as ,john did4 ,john1 xiii4 #bc4 #8,he weeps with those who weep4' #b4 ,go to ,him in joy1 for ,he #8rejoices with those who do rejoice4' #c4 ,do not have hard thoughts of ,him because ,he afflicts4 #8,faithful are the wounds of a friend4' ,prov4 xxvii4 #f4 ,ps4 cxli4 #e4 ,he sympathises in every sorrow4 ,heb4 iv4 #ae4 ,and has borne your griefs4 ,isa4 liii4 #d4 ,,xxiii4 ,,helps ,,for ,,mothers4 #a4 ,a mother has many hindrances in seeking ,christ4 ,she needs much help from the means of grace4 ,to obtain this is often difficult1 and requires much effort4 ,outward means are1 therefore1 too often neglected4 ,if you would grow in grace this must not be4 ,be diligent1 therefore1 in the use of-- ,i4 ,daily prayer4 ,matt4 vi4 #f1 #aa4 ,no business should prevent this4 ,david had the business of a kingdom upon him1 nevertheless1 he says1 #8,evening1 and morning1 and at noon1 will ,i pray4' ,ps4 lv4 #ag4 ,,ii4 ,daily ,scripture reading4 ,acts1 xvii4 #aa4 ,ps4 cxix4 #ajc4 ,,iii4 ,family prayer4 ,judgment pronounced on those who neglect family religion4 ,jer4 x4 #be4 ,promise to united prayer4 ,matt4 xviii4 #ai1 #bj4 ,,iv4 ,attendance on the public means of grace4 ,observe the command4 ,deut4 xii4 #ab1 #ah4 ,heb4 x4 #be4 ,what a blessing rested on it in the case of ,lydia4 ,acts1 xvi4 #ac1 #ae4 ,there are great difficulties to the mother of a young family in going to ,church on ,sunday1 but make an effort to overcome them4 ,this can generally be done if husband and wife make a united effort4 ,if you are truly hungering and thirsting after righteousness1 you will earnestly use every means for obtaining the bread and the water of life4 ,if you are careless in this respect1 it is because there is no real hunger1 no craving of soul for heavenly food4 ,,xxiv4 ,,helps ,,for ,,mothers4 #b4 ,we will notice this evening three more things which are1 or ought to be1 #8helps' to mothers on the heavenly race4 ,i4 ,husbands and wives should be mutual helps1 7see ,marriage ,service7 #8for the mutual help and comfort the one of the other4' ,gen4 ii4 #ah4 #a ,pet4 iii4 #g4 ,eph4 v4 #bh1 #bi4 ,fellow-pilgrims1 fellow-sufferers1 fellow-travellers they must be2 but what an unspeakable joy is it when they are also fellow-helpers1 fellow-labourers1 fellow-heirs1 fellow-citizens6 99 99 99 99 99 #8,o happy house1 where man and wife are one1 ,thro' love of ,thee1 in spirit1 heart1 and mind2 ,together joined by holy bands1 which none1 ,not death itself1 can sever or unbind2 ,where both on thee unfailingly depend1 ,in weal and woe1 in good and evil days1 ,and hope with ,thee eternity to spend2 ,in sweet communion and eternal praise4' ,,ii4 ,christian friends4 #b ,cor4 i4 #bd4 ,rom4 xvi4 #c4 ,what comfort and help may be derived from the visits1 counsels1 and sympathy of a ,christian neighbour1 a kind and devoted district visitor1 or minister4 ,especially may ,christian friends help each other by prayer4 #b ,cor4 i4 #aa4 ,jam4 v4 #af1 #ah4 ,matt4 xviii4 #ai4 ,how valuable is a ,prayer ,union1 such as we have connected with our ,mothers' ,meeting4 ,,iii4 ,but lastly remember that these #8helps' are worth nothing unless you have the ,lord for your ,helper4 ,ps4 liv4 #d4 ,heb4 xiii4 #f4 ,exod4 xviii4 #d4 ,he is different to any earthly helper1 for ,he is a ,helper at all times1 and in all circumstances4 ,in trouble4 ,ps4 xlvi4 #a4 ,to the widow4 ,ps4 lxviii4 #e4 ,to the fatherless4 ,ps4 x4 #ad4 ,take1 therefore1 this short prayer and use it in your daily life1 #8,lord1 be ,thou my helper4' ,lift up this prayer in the midst of your work--of temptation--of trial1 and you will be enabled to add1 #8,my heart trusted in ,him1 and ,i am helped6' ,ps4 xxviii4 #g4 ,,xxv4 ,,teach ,,your ,,children4 ,a mother may not have much time for instruction1 or be very capable of teaching1 but she should make it her daily duty to give her children some instruction in the ,scriptures4 ,she may know but little herself1 but let not this discourage her2 for in watering others she shall herself be watered4 ,prov4 xi4 #be4 ,i4 ,teach1 seeking the help of the ,holy ,spirit4 ,isa4 liv4 #ac4 ,john1 xvi4 #ac4 ,luke1 xii4 #ab4 ,job1 xxxvi4 #bb4 ,ps4 xciv4 #ab4 ,,ii4 ,teach in the spirit of prayer4 ,eph4 vi4 #ah1 #ai4 ,remembering these words1 #8,without ,me ye can do nothing4' ,john1 xv4 #e4 ,,iii4 ,teach1 leaning on the promise4 ,isa4 lv4 #aj1 #aa4 ,eccles4 xi4 #a1 #f4 ,,iv4 ,teach1 expecting a result4 ,ps4 cxxvi4 #f4 ,prov4 xxii4 #f4 ,gen4 xviii4 #ai4 #b ,tim4 i4 #e2 iii4 #ae4 ,,xxvi4 ,,the ,,parting ,,place1 ,,and ,,the ,,meeting ,,place4 ,the following circumstance took place not long after the last meeting4 ,two mothers1 who were both present at the ,class1 about a fortnight after met in the ,cemetery1 sorrowing at their children's graves4 ,each had during that interval lost a child1 but not having heard of each other's trouble1 the meeting was unexpected4 ,on this occasion the following subject was taken4 ,i4 ,the parting place--the child's death-bed4 ,this is1 #a4 ,a parting place4 ,all must die alone4 ,the mother may have watched over her child with untiring care during its years of infancy1 the trials of youth1 and the snares and cares of riper years1 but here they must part4 #b ,sam4 xii4 #ae1 #bc4 #b4 ,a weeping place4 ,gen4 xxi4 #af4 #b ,sam4 xii4 #ba4 ,jer4 xxxi4 #ae4 ,mark1 v4 #ch4 ,luke1 vii4 #ac4 ,not wrong1 for ,jesus wept at the grave of ,lazarus4 ,john1 xi4 #ce4 #c4 ,a birth place ,to a new and heavenly life4 ,but not so to all4 ,to some1 namely1 to those who have indeed been born again4 ,luke1 xvi4 #bb2 and to babes4 ,isa4 xl4 #aa4 ,contrast ,david's sorrow for his infant1 7#b ,sam4 xii4 #bc7 with his sorrow for ,absalom1 #b ,sam4 xix4 #d4 ,to one death was the door of life1 to the other of death4 ,,ii4 ,the meeting place--the judgment-seat4 ,rev4 xx4 #ab4 ,rom4 xiv4 #aj4 ,you cannot avoid it4 ,it will be4 #a4 ,to all a place of recognition4 ,the child you led to ,christ--the child you led astray4 ,the child you trained for heaven--the child you trained for hell4 ,all will be there4 #b4 ,to many a place of weeping4 ,matt4 xxv4 #cj4 ,luke1 vi4 #be4 #c4 ,to many a place of rejoicing4 ,matt4 xxv4 #cd4 ,believing mother6 ,your night of weeping will then be over1 your morning of joy will dawn1 of which the sun will never set6 ,ps4 xxx4 #e4 ,which will it be to you--a meeting-place of joy or sorrow8 ,may you and your children be so united in ,christ here1 that you may both part and meet in peace6 ,,xxvii4 ,,the ,,mother',s ,,death-,,bed4 ,on the occasion of the death of a young mother1 which took place not long after the first meeting in the new year4 ,i4 ,how near it may be4 #a ,sam4 xx4 #c4 ,job1 xxi4 #ac4 ,in the midst of life we are in death4 ,we have had a solemn lesson4 ,almost the youngest in our class cut down the first4 ,,ii4 ,the hour of death is an hour #a4 ,of deep solemnity4 ,it is a dark valley4 ,ps4 xxiii4 #d4 ,job4 x4 #ba4 #b4 ,of much regret4 ,conscience awake1 looks back on duties undone--things done--words spoken--words unsaid1 c4 #c4 ,often of great suffering4 ,ps4 cxvi4 #c4 ,not the time to begin to seek the ,lord4 #d4 ,of parting4 ,philip1 i4 #bc1 #bd4 ,must die alone4 ,must leave husband and children4 ,they may go with you to the edge of the river1 but no further4 #e4 ,of weeping4 ,gen4 xxxv4 #ah2 xxiii4 #b4 ,john1 xi4 #ca4 #b ,sam4 xix4 #d4 #f4 ,it is an hour when ,christ1 and ,christ alone1 can save you4 ,thus we pray1 #8,in the hour of death1 and in the day of judgment1 ,good ,lord1 deliver us4' ,his rod and staff alone can help you4 ,ps4 xxiii4 #d4 ,he alone can take away the sting from death4 #a ,cor4 xv4 #ee1 #eg4 ,rom4 viii4 #ch1 #ci4 ,isa4 xliii4 #b4 ,it is only if washed in ,his blood1 and clothed in ,his righteousness1 that you need not fear to appear before ,god4 ,,xxviii4 ,,new ,,year',s ,,day4 #8,i must work the work of ,him that sent me while it is day3 the night cometh1 when no man can work4'--,john1 ix4 #d4 ,time past--is gone1 thou canst not it recall4 ,time is--thou hast1 improve the portion small4 ,time future--is not1 and may never be4 ,time present--is the only time for thee6 ,therefore1 ,i4 ,hear to-day4 7,ps4 xcv4 #g47 #8,see that ye refuse not ,him that speaketh4' ,exhort to-day your children4 7,heb4 iii4 #ac47 ,work to-day 7,john1 ix4 #d7 for your children's souls4 ,never postpone4 ,jam4 iv4 #ac4 #b ,cor4 vi4 #b4 ,now it is high time to wake out of sleep4 ,rom4 xiii4 #aa4 ,,ii4 ,because the night cometh when no man can work4 ,john1 ix4 #d4 ,the night of your death--your husband's death--your children's death4 ,perhaps this sentence has gone forth against you1 or yours1 #8,this year thou shalt die4' ,jer4 xxviii4 #af4 ,luke1 xii4 #bj2 xiii4 #g4 99 99 99 99 99 ,mothers1 awake6 to your own1 and your children's danger4 ,awake to the importance of safety in ,christ4 ,mothers1 work6 for yourselves1 for your families4 #8,labour not for the meat which perisheth1 but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life4' ,john1 vi4 #bg4 ,,xxix4 ,,first ,,meeting ,,in ,,the ,,year4 ,i4 ,look backwards on the past year4 #a4 ,on your sins4 ,they are many--great--mighty4 ,you need forgiveness1 and ,christ is ready to forgive4 ,neh4 ix4 #ag4 ,make this your prayer for the past year1 #8,lord1 pardon mine iniquity1 for it is great4' ,ps4 xxv4 #aa4 ,on your sins towards your husbands4 ,provocation--temper--carelessness of their comfort--an unyielding spirit4 ,again must you say1 #8,pardon mine iniquity1 for it is great4' ,on your sins towards your children4 ,neglect--bad example--prayerlessness--cross tempers--hasty slaps4 ,again you must say1 #8,pardon mine iniquity1 for it is great4' #b4 ,on your sorrows4 ,poverty--sickness--death4 ,yet your sorrows not so many as your sins4 ,how have you been helped through them6 ,have you profited8 ,heb4 xii4 #aj4 ,god has been teaching you1 have you learnt the lesson8 #c4 ,on your mercies4 ,you can count your sorrows4 ,try and count your mercies1 they are more than can be numbered4 ,ps4 xl4 #e4 ,how undeserved they were6 ,you have counted your days of sickness--have you those of health8 ,your hours of mourning--have you those of joy8 ,your children taken--have you counted your children spared8 c41 c4 ,were you thankful8 ,gen4 xxxii4 #aj4 ,,ii4 ,look forward on the opening year4 ,on what8 ,can you tell8 ,how uncertain1 you know not what will be even on the morrow4 ,jam4 iv4 #d4 ,prov4 xxvii4 #a4 ,who will be taken8 ,whose husband8 ,whose child8 ,you know not4 ,therefore1 #8be ye also ready1 for in such an hour as ye think not the ,son of ,man cometh4' ,matt4 xxiv4 #dd4 ,can you say1 #8,even so come1 ,lord ,jesus1 come quickly8' ,,xxx4 ,,last ,,meeting ,,in ,,the ,,year4 ,,the ,,cradle ,,and ,,the ,,grave4 ,god has been speaking to us during the past year4 ,two mothers have gone to their long home1 and ten of our children4 ,let us reply1 #8,speak1 ,lord1 for thy servant heareth4' #a ,sam4 iii4 #i4 ,god speaks to us from the cradle1 and the grave4 ,i4 ,from the cradle1 and says1 #a4 #8,take this child1 and nurse it for me4' ,exod4 ii4 #i4 #b4 ,pray for it--train it--love it--comfort it4 #c4 ,he speaks in a voice of comfort from our cradles to our souls1 if we are ,his people4 #8,mother1 can you forget this sucking child8 ,yea1 you may forget1 yet will not ,i forget you4' ,isa4 xlix4 #ae4 ,again--,do you comfort your babe--do you soothe its fears8 do you wipe its tears8 ,even so1 believing mother1 will ,god comfort you4 ,isa4 lxvi4 #ac4 ,yes1 even #8wipe away all tears from your eyes4' ,oh6 precious voice from the cradle to your soul6 ,,ii4 ,god speaks from the grave--and says1 #a4 #8,give an account of thy stewardship1 for thou mayst be no longer steward4' ,luke1 xvi4 #b4 #b4 #8,time is short4' #a ,cor4 vii4 #bi4 #a ,pet4 iv4 #g4 ,what a little life--gone as a spark6 ,you may die--your children may die--or ,christ may come4 ,do not say1 #8to-morrow4' ,jam4 iv4 #ac4 #c4 #8,be ye also ready4' ,matt4 xxiv4 #dd4 #d4 ,your child shall rise again4 #8,i am the resurrection and the life4' ,john1 xi4 #be4 7,see ,burial ,service47 ,jer4 xxxi4 #af1 #ag4 ,if both parent and child are in ,christ1 what a blessed reunion1 for ,he adds1 #8,whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die6' ,if it should be the ,lord's will during the coming year again to take many of our little ones from their mothers' arms1 and to lay them in ,his own bosom1 may each sorrowing one amongst us be enabled to say in the spirit of true and loving submission1 #8,the ,lord gave1 and the ,lord hath taken away2 blessed be the name of the ,lord6' 99 99 99 99 99 ,,london3 ,printed by ,,john ,,strangeways1 ,castle ,st4 ,leicester ,sq4 ,by the same ,author1 ,short ,tracts for ,mothers4 ,no4 #a4 ,give an ,account of thy ,stewardship4 #b4 ,praying ,mothers4 #c4 ,in the ,morning ,sow thy ,seed4 #d4 ,shine as ,lights in your ,families4 #e4 ,parental ,affection4 #f4 ,cast thy ,burden upon the ,lord4 ,,the ,,six ,,tracts ,,in ,a ,,packet1 #d;d4 ,by the ,rev4 ,e4 ,,hoare1 ,vicar of ,trinity1 ,tunbridge ,wells1 ,hon4 ,canon of ,canterbury4 #a4 ,,rome ,,and ,,turkey4 ,lectures in ,connection with the ,second ,advent4 #afmo4 cloth1 #as4 #f;d42 paper1 #as4 #8,short1 to the point1 clear and forcible4'--,christian4 #b4 ,,sanctification3 ,second ,edition1 enlarged4 ,square fcap4 #hvo4 cloth1 #bs4 #f;d4 #c4 ,,the ,,communion ,,and ,,communicant4 ,fourth ,edition1 revised and enlarged4 ,fcap4 #hvo4 sewed1 #f;d4 #d4 ,,baptism4 ,as ,taught in the ,bible and ,prayer-book4 ,sixth ,edition4 ,fcap4 #hvo4 sewed1 #d;d4 #e4 ,,inspiration3 its ,nature and ,extent4 ,sewed1 #f;d4 #f4 ,,sermons ,,for ,,the ,,day4 ,fcap4 #hvo4 sewed1 #f;d4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,hatchards1 #ahg ,,piccadilly1 ,,london4 ,h4 ,,colbran1 ,calverley ,road1 ,tunbridge ,wells4