TO MOTHERS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1382, 25 May 1878, Page 17

TO MOTHERS.

It ia uphill work aometinrvj, i« it not ? Your work is heavy, and your cares are

heavier still. Sometime? you get angry with your husband, and think, that in alittle while you will drop into your grave. Then you wonder if anybody would care — if your husband would care — and you think that you would rather die than go on all your life with this endless washing, scrubbing, ironing, baking, mending, and tending babies — there are three of those babies now, and nobody knows how many more will come to claim your care. And, then, unless you are careful, you sink into a low, nervous state, and see nothing bright in life. But don't allow yourself to come to this. Bear your burdens cheerfully, and do all that you can to make life bright and good for your husband and hia little ones. God will not ask of you more than yo*u are able to bear. When your children come to you with their childish griefs, don't turn them away with a cross word because you are tired ; remember, that which seems a little matter to you, means a great deal to them, and that "mamma" can " love away " a great deal of pain from a little heart. Keep a sunny, cheerful face for your children, if you can ; don't bring your cares and trials into their lives. It is a weary road that leads from the cradle to the grave, and many of the steps mußt be taken with bleeding feet in thorny paths ; all the mother-love, and all a mother's prayers, cannot save your little ones from the sorrows. that come to all sooner or later. But you can give them their happy childhood, and it will be a blessed memory for them in the years to come.