The value of a praying mother

ender tones. He teaches his will and gives the needed wisdom. God is man's truest and best teacher. James says, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, th

he mother, with her many cares and perplexities, if she

ng the lonely hills. She loved to commune with the Lord, for deep in her bosom she carried a sorrow that only he could help her to bear. Her home

and earnestly that God would grant the desire of her heart. "O Lord of hosts," she prayed, "if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and n

n of God saw by her modest, earnest words that she was not drunken as he had supposed, he changed his reproof into a blessing. "Go in peace," he said, "and the God of Israel gran

ng for her to remain at home, but he cautioned her not to forget her promise to the Lord. He feared, perhaps, that the mother mig

sounded to the aged priest (who soon would have to cease his work upon earth) like a voice from heaven, when the happy mother, pointing to her child, said: "For this ch

ksgiving. She feels no regret because of her vow. Her child became a great blessin

his? In answer to his devoted mother's prayer, the Holy Spirit hovered over that child, shielding him from the cruel darts

a man and his wife on their way to join a band of villainous people in India. Being on a secret mission, they traveled sl

, and, by the order of his mother, he was cast aside in a pile of rubbish to die. By chance the father passed that way and, fin

artook of his parents' nature and developed even worse habits than they? Unless the proper home in

Leaving India, he went to Europe and from there sailed to America. Each year found him better acquainted with court proceed

y, I asked him what he would have done if the man of the house had awakened. "Please do not ask me." he answered. "I was always arme

onfessed his crimes and given himself up to be punished, he had been sent to prison, but because of good behavior had been soon pardoned. H

hat mothers everywhere would take warning! If only these two pictures could be framed and hung in the recesses of every mother's heart where they might teach their silent lesson! If only mothers might see how pow

the hearts of those who are dear to her. The kindly sympathy of youth, the dee

r, an influence which she can not understand? Then it is that she sees her imperfections and longs for wisdom to know how to guide her