The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1963

ristian In the Gospel of John 19: 25 we read: "And there stood b)' tl1e Cross c,f Jestis his n1other." In 1907 Mother's Day was sug– gested by Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia and given recognition on May 8, 1914 through a resolution pa ed by both hou es of Congre . The Pre i– dent of the United State wa author– ized to proclaim the econd Sunday of May of each year as Mother' Day in 1915. The Chri tian ~ Madonna i a Chri tian Mother . The tenor of thi article concern it elf with the truth that next to the Lord Je u Chri t the greatest ble ing God ha given man is a Christian Mother. Chri tian– ity perpetuates devotion to God-fear– ing Motherhood. The ymbol of motherhood among flower is the carnation. Just o the Cro s is mother 's emblem. The car– nation may expre her purity and beauty, but the Cross peak of her unselfi h love. As our Father ha expressed Hi love in the Cross o t~e ecret of Mother 's care and self– denial reveal s her love. A Chri t is the center of the hurch, o mother is the center of the home. Parallels of truth are demon trated through the thought of the Cro and Motherhood. The manife tation of love, as seen at the Cro , I be- 1 ieve, is demonstrated also in every hristian mother's life. It ha often been proven, when all el e has failed , the prayers of a Chri ti an mother have brought home the "prodigal" on. Mary, standing at the Cross saw more than a great tragedy, he saw the Jength, depth, breadth and height of love and what love woul<l do. ote briefly some parallels of truth concerning the ross and motherhood. \omcone has said the word ' 'Mother,, ~uggests personal righteOLt nc s. Olcl J ewisl1 1~ abbis used to say: "God could not be everywhere, thercfore l1e 111ade mothers." '"fhc thougl1t v. as that 1od was or11niprescnt in 111otl1ers. l1e l,aby kr1ows its mother before it l1as a thougl1t of 1 tc ty. A good tartir1g f)Oir1t for a cl11ld's concer>tion of l1i 111otl1er is that she is 'a little 1ov/er than the a11gcl ." Tl1e crisis is reacl1ed ir1 a cl1ild's ]if e tl1e r11 01l1e11t l1i n1otl1er cea es to be l1is ideal. lire i 0111etl1i11g to tt1ini~ al,ot1t i11 tl1 "''Ord of 1J1e so11g, I v.,a11t a girl jt1 t lil' e tl1e girl tl1at 111a1 rit:(l J ar o1d I d." l\1 t h~r's i11t lue11ce f >r rigl1te u 11c: cai:1 l>t: tro11g r tl1an THE OHIO INDEPENDE T BAPTIST er 00 an By DR. GEORGE R. GIBSON Pa stor Calvary Baptist, Cleveland all laws, all education and all the prea.ched mes age ever heard. Ye , there are other mothers, as wicked a Jezebel. Unnatural mothers who ell their children into sin, depravity, drunkenes ; but the e are the perver - ion that shame the name of woman– hood. Abraham Lincoln aid: "All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." Again, Mother ugge t Chri tian ervice and acrifice. Be ides erving the l .,ord, there i no greater mini try than that of the imple uno tentatiou mini trie of motherhood. How brave– ly the Christian mother bears the heavy burden placed u,pon her . How courageou ly she meet deprivation and pain. Unselfish devotion Governor John Burke year ago aid: To think of mother is to recall her un elfi h devotion, her limitle . unfaltering love through good or ill never wavering, but growing tronger with the year ; and to remember that he ask nothing for herself in return; ju t of us that we be good men and women." Our failures do not cau e her to love le , but more! She live in vain if after pouring out her love and life to make u achieve the be t of life, we grovel in the mire of loth and in. Now our lat parallel: 'Mother' ' ugge t our heavenly home. She i the queen of our home . A boy once wa a ked where hi home wa . He an wcrcd, "where n1other is." Hcnr) Cirady, the great indti triali t, who c boyhood hon1e wa in Atlanta. Georgia, once <li appeared fro1n hi office Upon 1nqL1iry 1t wa\ lear11ed that he had '"gone l1omc ." He hatl 111adc a ~ecrct tr11) to \ 1"1t l1is l10111c in Atlanta. Later he told that he \.Var1ted to get hor11c to h1~ 111otl1c1. to ·it at hc1 knee or1ce n1ore. to ht:ar l1c1 pray agai11. I hen at tt1e clo~c of tl1c day to l1a ,,c l1cr lLtck hi 111 111 to l)cd a r1tl kiss l1i111 good11ight, as sl1c tl~~ll to do i 11 }'Car go11c l1)' . t ter st1cl1 e~ - J)Cricnce witl1 l1is 111()tl1cr tl1c gr~at H 11r)' ra I , , ill lie ottl(l rctt1r11 to th " •orl I l>f lJll int:ss t gair1 rcfresl1 ct anl.l str 11gtl1 n d, l , t, nd ,, itl1 >ttr– age agai11 t tl1 t ting n11c.l tc:111r.,t, - tit)tl >f tl1e \\' rll). \\ 1 }1 l a '" 11llcrft1l e ross tribute to the mother of this great man. A hymn that was sung more fre– quently in the pa t than now, wa "Home, Sweet Home." Few hymns have been com.parable to thi , to keep one heart tender. It i aid that the '"'hristian s view of heaven i imply "Home in Perfection." George R. Gibson How good it would be. if all who have had a hri tian n1other who is now in Glory with her l_ord, coL1ld and would hone tly a}. in the \\ ord of another hymn. "Tell n1othcr I'll be there. in an wer to her pra) er: 0. tell n1y darling 111othcr I'll be there.,. Ma} God once again blt: · n1cr1 a with n1orc hri ' t1an H ot11c · and ' hr1 t 1an 111othcr . Unanswerable \\ o and t\\ o n1c1l-.c four - that is r11a thc111attC\! l-1 vtlrogcn and o, \ g~11 co111b111t tt1 for111 \\ atcr - th at t\ cht·111- t\tr\ I "l1r1~t CfllClttCLl i tllt 1)0\ ' Cf of ,oti t111to sal, at1011- th1, 1, 1 t\ ~la– t1011 f llttt 110\\' ll) ()tl k.11 )\\ l 1>t1t l\\ o an I l\VO tog tl1~r a11Li ' L'tl t1av .. fot1r, Cl)Ulll 'tnd ~ . J)t1t h)' tr )g n a11Ll o. 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