Identifier: threecircleshome00detl (find matches)
Title: The three circles: the home, the church, and the heavenly circle, or the home, the church, and the immortal life
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Detling, William Colbert
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Publisher: Cleveland, O.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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en s voices. For a sweet, childish face at the door;And to press a childs face to your bosom, Youd give all the world for just this ;For the comfort twill bring you in sorrow. Send the children to bed with a kiss 1 Let me quote here from the Christian En-deavor World, by kind permission, some in-teresting definitions of Mother, viz.:What is mother ? A gift of priceless worth;A breath of Gods love sent down unto earth. Mother: our name for the angel of love sentby God to the household to guide its membersheavenward. Mother: queen of the home,— the center ofan influence enduring throughout all time,whose circumference is bounded only by eter-nity. Mother is the one who bears, The one who soothes, and also shares,- All our troubles and our cares. Mother: the soul of the home; the one whounderstands better than any one else how Godfeels toward us, His weak and wa)rward chil-dren. Mother is lifes key of gold, that unlocks theinner temple, where lifes finest essence eludeseverything else.
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?W\% ^ , THE THREE CIRCLES. 23 Mother: Our babyhoods support. Tender childhoods comforter, Hilarious youths comrade. Earnest manhood and womanhoods best friend, Resolute, sacrificing, sympathetic, loving. A true mother is the embodiment of Prov.37:10-31, a link between our earthly and ourheavenly homes. Mother is the one who doesnt care forany when there is not enough pie to goaround. Mother is the personification of faith, hope,and charity; faith in us, hope for us, and char-ity for our faults. Husbands dearest companion and help-meet, sons wisest counsellor, daughters bestconfidante, Gods best gift to the home: a goodmother. Mother is the magnet of the home, whichattracts the hearts to herself, and holds them.* Mother: a guardian angel given us byGod, to guide our footsteps in the way toheaven. Mother means the babes comforter, thechilds guardian, the boys best friend, the girlschief confidante, and humanitys controller. Mother: the sweetest, most beautiful wo-man in the world; the

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