“Fathers often give up. The old man often goes to boozing, becomes dissipated, takes a dose of poison and commits suicide, but the mother will stand by the home and keep the little band together if she has to manicure her fingernails over a washboard to do it. If men had half as much grit as the women, there would be different stories written about a good many homes. Look at her work! It is the greatest in the world; in its far-reaching importance it is transcendently above everything in the universe—her task in molding hearts and lives and shaping character. If you want to find greatness, don’t go toward the throne; go to the cradle, and the nearer you get to the cradle, the nearer to greatness. The launching of a boy or girl to live for Christ is greater work than to launch a battleship.” BRAVEST BATTLE FOUGHT IN WORLD. “The bravest battle that ever was fought, Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you’ll find it not— ’Twas fought by the mothers of men. “Nay, not with cannon or battle shot. With sword or nobler pen. Nay, not with eloquent word or thought, From mouths of wonderful men. “But deep in a walled up woman’s heart— Of woman that would not yield, But bravely, silently bore her part— Lo, there is the battlefield. “No marshaling troops, no bivouac song, No banner to gleam and wave; But oh! these battles, they last so long— From babyhood to the grave.” “There is a mighty power in a mother’s kiss—inspiration, courage, hope, ambition. One kiss made Benjamin West a painter, and the memory of it clung to him through life. One kiss will drive away the fear in the dark and make the little one brave. It will give strength where there is weakness.” ONE ACT, ONE WORD WILL BLIGHT CHILD. “There is power enough in a word or act to blight a boy, and through him, curse a community. There is power enough in a word or act to tincture the life of that child so it will become a power to lift the world to Jesus Christ. The mothers will put in motion influences that will either touch heaven or hell. Talk about greatness! Oh, you wait until you reach the mountains of eternity, then read the mothers’ names in God’s hall of fame, and see who they have been in this world. I want to tell you women, fooling away your time hugging and kissing a poodle dog, caressing a Spitz, drinking a society bran mash and a cocktail, and playing cards, is mighty small business to moulding the life of a child.” “When God gave the office of mother to women it was just like giving you his own right hand. Think of what importance is attached to it! Think of the mother’s power! There is more power in a mother’s hand than in a king’s scepter.” TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO MOTHER’S LOVE.