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Short StoriesJulia's Sunset Walk.It was a beautiful June day, just at the sun's setting, whe... The Sailor Boy. Yarmouth is the principal trade sea-port town in the county... Gather The Flowers. Two little girls went into the fields to gather flowers. Bu... The Market Day. Mrs. Ford had three little children--Lily, Hetty, and a dea... The Plum Boys. Two boys were one day on their way from school, and as they... Pledge. Our hands and our hearts we give To the temperance p... The Golden Crown. A teacher once asked a child, "If you had a golden crown, w... Edward And Ellen. Edward Ford owned a snug little cottage with a small farm s... The Philosophy Of Relative Existences In a certain summer, not long gone, my friend Bentley and I... The Uncertainty Of Life. Josiah Martin was a young man of whom any mother might have... Remember The Cake. I will tell you an anecdote about Mrs. Hannah More, when sh... A Tale Of Negative Gravity My wife and I were staying at a small town in northern Ital... Arthur And His Apple Tree. One summer day little William was sitting in the garden cha... The Tree That Never Fades. "Mary," said George, "next summer I will not have a garden.... Mother's Last Lesson. "Will you please teach me my verse, mamma, and then kiss me... Jonas And His Horse. A horse is a noble animal, and is made for the service of m... The Jew And His Daughter. A Jew came to this country from London, many years ago, and... Jane And Her Lessons. It is a mark of a good scholar to be prompt and studious. S... His Wife's Deceased Sister It is now five years since an event occurred which so color... A Good Mother. Mrs. Savage was the eldest sister of Matthew Henry. When sh... |
A GOOD MOTHER.Mrs. Savage was the eldest sister of Matthew Henry. When she was a child she had a great many advantages for the improvement of her mind. When only seven years of age, she could translate the Hebrew language, and when ten years old, she could write out her father's sermons. She possessed a very amiable disposition, and was very kind and benevolent to all who needed the comforts of life. She was a Christian, and when she became a mother she began the work of educating her children herself. She had a large family of nine children, and as she had treasured up in her memory many hymns and verses which she had learned when a child, she was able to teach the same to her children. She was so kind and affectionate that every body loved her. Her children took much pleasure in hearing their mother repeat to them the hymns and texts of Scripture which she had learned. [Illustration] Some children are very careless, and indifferent to their parents' advice; such ones will regret it in their riper years. But Mrs. Savage's little boys and girls loved their mother, and were very obedient to her commands. When evening came, before they retired to bed she would call her little children around her (as you see in the picture,) and they would kneel down and say their evening prayer. A pleasant sight, indeed, to see our dear children remembering their Creator in the days of their youth. Mrs. S. was "useful, beloved, meek, humble, and charitable." She lived a happy, cheerful life; she was an ornament to her Christian profession, a "good mother." She died suddenly at the good old age of eighty-eight. Next: MOTHER'S LAST LESSON. Previous: THE SAINT'S REST.
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