p. 9 | ONLY ONE MOTHER

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 17, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 23.

ONLY ONE MOTHER.

You have only one mother, my boy, Whose heart you can gladden with joy, Or cause it to ache Till ready to break— So cherish that mother, my boy.

You have only one mother who will Stick to you through good and through ill, And love you, altho The world is your foe— So care for that love ever still.

You have only one mother to pray That in the good path you may stay, Who for you won't spare Self-sacrifice rare— So worship that mother alway.

You have only one mother to make A home ever sweet for your sake, Who toils day and night For you with delight— To help her, all pains ever take.

You have only one mother to miss When she has departed from this; So love and revere That mother while here— Sometime you won't know her dear kiss.

You have only one mother, just one— Remember that always, my son; None can or will do What she has for you. What have you for her ever done?

—New York Evangelist.