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....A Tribute to My Mother....
Too many, I fear, wa;t to pay
tribute to the memory of mother.
'What I would say by way of trib
ut e to my mother, I would say
for her to read and appreciate;
but as I think of all there is t
b e said of her, words prove n
adequate and my heart becomes
too full for utterance.
She is now what some may
think and speak of as being old.
I have never thought of her ms
being old —to me she could nev
er grows old. t’-er growing old
er has been a rare developing
into fuller fruition —a richer
bluom. She is the embbd.ment
of all the virtues and grace of
the purest, sweetest Christian
character. I have known those
I consider unselfish
but other than she I have known
no one perfectly unselfish. It
she ever knew a selfish, de*
sire, I am sure it was never
gratified.
Her life has been one of sac
rifice, service and self abnegation
of tender loving devotion to
her family, of complete self-tor
getfulness wherein the sake or
welfare of a loved one was in
volved. She is one of those moth
erq who never once entrust
ed one of her children to the
care of another for anything else.
Motherhood to her meant life
lost in love.
She has always been olio who
“Seeketh' not her own”, one
who looked well to the ways oi
her household; yet tier admin
istrations have not been eon
f.ned to her family alone, uo
call of need ever reached her
that was turned empty-handed
from her door. Many are the
deeds of charity she has done tor
individuals and institutions, be
ing always inel ntd to give and
do when the public did not
know, when her deeds would
be most unseen and unsung.
I'lilike some women of today
who seek the . places of mo. .t
honor and prominence, 1 have
known her to decline the lead
jjersh p and the. presidency of her
jjehurch societies, prefering to
(serve' in the more unobserved
ways ;w-til her always 4 ‘in honor
prefering one another”.
Among the beautiful woman
ly virtue which characterize and
adorn my mother, are her gen
tleness, her modesty and reiine
ment. 1 would sooner have ev
er expected a thunderbolt from
the clear azure sky, than a word
of harshness from her. She has
ever heon the most modest per
son 1 have ever known, loday
any approach or suggestion oi
anything .coarse or vulgar would
cause a blush, to mount her
cheeks.
Her pure Engli l Ji has never
been contaminated by the use
of slang. 1 have never heard
a word from her lips; so true is
this that I never hear a word or
expression of such, particulaly,
from a mother, that it does not
grate on me and I th.nk “how
different from my mother.
£); Another virture she possess
ed and methinks a rare one, is
| that she t.peaks no ill of any
jn‘. does not criticize people, is
pgenerous and charitable toward
her neighbor; has always taught
u s by precept and example that
if no good could be Bald to say
at all
My mother was never intimate
with many people, and this ad
monition she early instilled in
my mind. “Be kind to all, be i|n
timate with few and let the few
be well chosen.” Sh e has never
had an enemy, always being loved
best by those who know her best-
She is not one whom you
would know at f rst meeting,
never unfolding herself all at
once, but one of those deeper
characters, who gradually unfoh
making themselves more inter
esting and more to be appreciat
ed the longer you know them.
•She is a splendid judge of hu
man nature and never knew
her to he far wrong in an esti
mate iu an opinion formed.
She has read a great deal, and
the class of reading which edifies
while it instructs. She is i.
woman of few words, of deep
thoughts and high ideals. In
all things practical, yet fond of
poetry, romance and sentiment
with which nature slu*
is endowed with a sparkling lm
or and a clever wit—a natural
heritage from her Seotch.-Ir jdi
ancestry. She has always been a
favorite with young people and
today she is young i n heart and
spirit.
has Ivejpi our inspiration;
council our unerring guide;
her sweet influrence and beau
t'lul life our beacon light.
Since the day she and my fa
ther were truly married, fifty
five years ago, h e has b. mi her
loya] faithful lover whose def
erence, tenderness and devotion
ha; been increased with years.
Hie only son says of her to
day that in h m she inspires hope
when discouraged, that sh e be
lieved in him, trusted him, point
ed out a way to him when no
way h.e saw. uplifted him and
upheld him with her love, gen
tlenesi i being her severest re
buke. Mo waywardness in ms
takes weakened her love but it
shined all the brighter and is
now to ium a midnight star of
heaven.
1 have always loved my moth
<‘r as I have loved no other, my
associations and companionshi]
with her the :weetest and the
dearest pleasures of my life. I
was never lonely when with her
1 wag always glad when some
circumstance made it so that 1
would be for a night or day
alone w tli. her —just her and me.
She was my companion, my
confidant thru my cli Idhood <-.n<!
girlhood and it is a source c *
greatest f.atisfaetion and comfort,
and I do not have any remorse
from ever having greived her by
respect or disob edence, still
how I would love to recall the
years, retrace many things and
strive to he near her in many
ways. As 1 go hack to childhood s
earliest recollections and think of
all she has been to me,of her ten
der administrations, of her un
tiring, unceasing devot on, of
how often the touch of her gen
tie hand has soothed my aching
brow, of how she early lead rne
to Jesus, taught me to knew Him
a s a personel Savior, how she
has ever been my truest sympa
thizer, my never-failing friend
and I thank my Heavenly Pa
ther lor her as heaven Vj price
less legacy. *
there has never been a time'
or experience when I have suf
fered, when my heart ached n
sadness but that 1 have been con-
ECiou s th at if she but knew her
hmirf would beat in sympathy*
and understanding and 1 have
always felt inclined to go to her
and pillowing my head on her
faithful breast, find solace there.
My mother most all her life has
been a great vufferer and has
had many burdens, cares and sor
can heal. The recent years have
brought to her, besides her phys
ical suffering, trials pecular and
severe but, amid >t it all I have
never heard her murmur or eom
pla n nor ever seen a frown
upon her brow, hut have heard
me yet will 1 trust Him.'’ Yes
h j> exclaim “yea, tho He slay
my mother is a heroine. Greet
er by far than those to whom
tower ng shafts of marble are
'erected....
Earth is dearer, truer, sweet
er for heT presence and could nev
er be the same without her, and
when heaven claim/j her to be
stow the. rich rewards that there
await her, it wll be brighter
and more glorious for her pres
ence there.
To the youngest child, the
daughter at home, should you of
fer a word of sympathy that
f he has for a time been kept in
a measure from the outside pleas
ures of viocial life slit' would
decline as she would tell you
that the privilege of the admin
istering to and the companionship
of our mother during thVs even
ing of her life is her greatest
pleasure and w 11 ever be lif’s
; iWeetest memory.
Truly “her children rise up
and.call her Messed.”
Mrs. E. DeLain Wyley,
Decatur, Ga.
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Gainesville Midland Railroad Effective Aug.
25, 1913.
South Pound.
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 21— A. M
Arrive Winder, 10:52
Leave Winder, 11:22
No. 2d— P. M
Arrive Winder, 6:05
Leave Winder 0:20
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Leave Winder. 10:51
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