WHAT MOTHER USED TO SAY.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 18, Issue 40, 17 May 1907, Page 7

WHAT MOTHER USED TO SAY.

I wont to hoar a lecture at' the church the other day—By a man remained for what ho knows ami things that ho can say ; I thought perhaps that I would learn some wisdom most profound And gather tip some knowledge from the lot he’d scatter round ; Hut my ! I found I was surprised when —though I had to pay— The things he said did not compare what mother used to say. I’ve read some books on how to live to be well all my life—And how to bring my Children up, and how to treat my wife, In fact on every nubjeei they toll you what to do, But seems to mo they cannot tell me anything Units new : For T hoard far better teachings back in my youthful days When 1 listened to the simple truths that mother used to say. So they can have their lectures and books of wisest lore, And orators and teachers and professors by the score ; Hut I’ve found by years of living that the safest was for me Is to stick right to the teachings that I've learned at mother’s knee, And to the end of life to try to live from day to day Ami be guided on my journey by wiiat mptUei: used to say.