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Short StoriesThe Lady Or The Tiger?In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, wh... Bertie's Box. A very little boy by the name of "Bertie," kept a box in wh... Mother's Last Lesson. "Will you please teach me my verse, mamma, and then kiss me... The Shepherd And His Bible. A poor shepherd, living among the Alps, the father of a lar... The Jew And His Daughter. A Jew came to this country from London, many years ago, and... Remember The Cake. I will tell you an anecdote about Mrs. Hannah More, when sh... Asaph About a hundred feet back from the main street of a village... The Orphans' Voyage. Two little orphan boys, whose parents died in a foreign lan... Telling Secrets. There is a company of girls met together, and what can they... A Good Mother. Mrs. Savage was the eldest sister of Matthew Henry. When sh... Edward And Ellen. Edward Ford owned a snug little cottage with a small farm s... Lettice And Myra. ... The Plum Boys. Two boys were one day on their way from school, and as they... Flora And Her Portrait. "And was there never a portrait of your beautiful child," s... The Dying Boy. A little boy, by the name of Bertie, was taken very ill, an... The Motherless Birds. There were two men who were neighbors to each other, living... Old Pipes And The Dryad A mountain brook ran through a little village. Over the bro... The Boy And The Dew Drops. A little boy who had been out early in the morning playing ... The Uncertainty Of Life. Josiah Martin was a young man of whom any mother might have... The Transferred Ghost The country residence of Mr. John Hinckman was a delightful... |
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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