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قراءة كتاب The Christian Mother or, Notes for Mothers' Meetings
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The Christian Mother or, Notes for Mothers' Meetings
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The Careless Mother
The Careful Mother
The Patient Mother
The Firm Mother
Thou, God, seest me
Jesus the Mother’s Friend
Helps for Mothers—part I.
Helps for Mothers—part II.
Teach your Children
The Parting Place, and the Meeting Place
The Mother’s Death-bed
New Year’s Day
First Meeting in the Year
Last Meeting in the Year. The Cradle and the Grave
I. IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN.
‘Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones.’ Matt. xviii. 10.
I. They are important to Society.
Our future soldiers, sailors, servants, fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, &c., &c.
II. Important to yourselves.
The babe—the child—the young man—the young woman.
A gift (Gen. xxxiii. 5; xlviii. 9) which must prove either your crown (Prov. xvii. 6; Ps. cxxvii. 3) or your bitterness. Prov. xvii. 25; Gen. xlii. 38.
III. Important to themselves.
That child must live for ever.
A living soul committed to your care.
That child must stand before the judgment-seat of Christ. Rev. xx. 12.
IV. Important in the sight of their Father who is in heaven.
So important—that for them He gave His only Son to shed His blood.
So important—that He especially calls, ‘Suffer little children,’ &c. Mark, x. 14.
So important—that He gives His angels special charge over them. Matt. xviii. 10.
‘Take heed then that ye despise not one of these little ones.’
No jewel so precious as the soul of your child, but how far more do parents often prize the casket containing it, than the gem itself!
No plant so needing watchful care and culture; Oh! neglect it not!
What have YOU done with your jewel, your plant?
II. THE TEMPER OF THE WIFE, AND MOTHER.
I. What she should not be.
1. Provoking. Eph. vi. 4. Prov. xv. 1. Gal. v. 26.
2. Easily provoked. 1 Cor. xiii. 5. Jam. i. 19.
3. Brawling. Prov. xxi. 9; xxv. 24.
4. Contentious. Prov. xix. 13; xxi. 19; xxvii. 15.
II. What she should be.
1. Gentle. 1 Thess. ii. 7. 1 Pet. iii. 4. Children are soon frightened by rough words, or rough treatment.
2. Forbearing. Eph. iv. 2. Col. iii. 13. If you cannot bear with your children, who will?
3. Patient. 1 Thess. v. 14. Eccles. vii. 8. A mother has need of great patience.
4. Loving. Tit. ii. 4.
III. In your daily temper take Christ as your example.
‘Consider Him who endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be weary, and faint in your minds.’ Heb. xii. 3.
III. TRUTH. 1.
Importance of truth. Prov. xii. 19.
The liar’s portion. Rev. xxi. 8; xxii. 15.
How can you enforce the necessity of truth, and the sin of lying upon your children?
I. You must enforce it by example.
1. Never deceive them. The word passed must never be broken. Be careful, then, how you promise or threaten.