Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 10, March 8, 1914

THOUGHTS FOR MOTHERS

The Earnest Mother

Mothers seldom realize the influence they exert in molding the lives of their children. It is the faithful teaching, as well as the consistent practicing of an earnest mother which results in forming characters of nobility and uprightness in the sons and daughters. The work cannot be begun too early. From their very birth, our children receive impressions. What the character of these impressions is depends upon surrounding influences. A true mother's influence should last long after she is at rest. Said Thomas H. Benton: “My mother asked me never to use tobacco; I have never touched it from that time to the present day. She asked me not to gamble, and I have never gambled, and I cannot tell who is losing in games that are being played. She admonished me, too, against hard drinking, and whatever capacity for endurance I have at present, and whatever usefulness I may have attained in life, I have attributed to having complied with her pious and correct wishes. When I was seven years of age she asked me not to drink, and then I made a resolution of total abstinence; and that I have adhered to it through all time, I owe to my mother.”

Mothers, do not think your little ones are too young to receive advice; it is true they may not act upon it for many years, but they will remember it and follow it sometime.

HURRAH FOR THE BOY THAT WHISTLES

Hurrah for the boy that whistles!Just now he passed by here.The rain dripped down from his sodden crown,But his whistle sounded clear;And it made my task seem easier,And my heart grew brave and strong,Hurrah for the boy that whistles!He helps the world along.—Written for Dew Drops by Bertha E. Bush.

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