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Will they kindly read it and ponder and pray ovtr it ? Should they do so, it ivill well fulfil its loving niissio S. M. ^ 4 3 if nfi :.v .^j 1 . .-r-^ AM> 0ur 0fe[ ^RgfisR fom© l!Y REV. SAMUEL MASSEY, <( / ,7//ijr ///tr, ;;/;' mother ! (hy imai^e is still So deeply impressed on my heart ; And the tablet thus faithful, in death must we chill, 'Ere a line of that image depart'' ^A\^ Stately 3iomes o! Jritcjlattd. Hotu beatttitul th<^g stand. — Mrs. IIkmans. SECOND EDITION. NEW VKAR'S DAY, 1S87. Montreal, Can, ^i t^>KVL/CA Oi^^^ in tril HOM. •sCr-fft i)Y f)OTHER>- "Fervent in Spiiit ; serving' the TiOid : rcj-iiciiig in linpr ; patient in tiibnliitinn ; contituiing instunt in |i;iy«'i'; ^nvt-n to lii»s|iitality," — KoM. xii, ll-i;i. .My love for my iiible, which she ever regarded as the only sufficient rule of faith and practice. She tested everything b} Li -J unerring standard, hence her unwavering perseverance iK the good old paths. In seasons of spiritual declension, when the love of many waxed cold, she would be a mourner in Zion, and would weep au'l pray for its prosperity. And while the writer wiaiKl not forget tliat slie wa.s human, and no douLt hail many defects and infirmities, yet it ^'onhl he dittieult for those Avho knew lier hest to point tliem < at. AVhatever they miglit he ; tliev seemed to he ('ehpsed 1)V her many exeelleiieies. She lived in the suhurhs of licaven, and no one could riunain long in lier ])resonce without ohserving this. Slu.' si-enied to have no relish for worldly ])leasure or worldly conversation; her treasure and heai't were in heaven, hence the following stanza was a favorite of hers : — "Farewell, vain world, adieu, ndieu, TIhiu hiist no chiuius for nie ; I once adniired thy triHes too. But grace hatii set nie free." To her the Sabhath was the "pearl of days," the light of the week, the brightest and best of all tlie seven. She regarded it as a I)ivine institution of unspeakable imi»()i'tance both to the Church and the world. l*re[»arations fo:- its observance com- menced in her family on the evening of Saturday, and early on the Sabbath morning a religious nu'eting was held in her house. For many years this meeting was rendered a great blessing to her family and neighbours. She used to t)bserve that if wti commenced tlie day well, it generally continued and ended well, and that "a Sabbath well spent brings a week of content. " In her well-ordered home, it was a ilay of cpiietness and peace. ]low sweet and pleasant to the writer is the retrospect c>f those holy days, which, like their ]iredecessors, have now long since passed away. CJod has anointed this day with tin,' oil of glad- ness above all its fellows. AVhat the sun is among the planets — what the market-day is to the tradesnum, what a fair wind is to the sailor, what the tide is to the waterman — ihat th(; Sabbath-day is to the soul. Augustine calls it the ' Queen of days.' It is the great market-day of heaven, when starving souls may take in, and lay up ])rovision for the rest of the w(M^k ; yea, for cicniity ii.solf. \)\ot out tliis day from the caU'iular of the. Cliiistian, and jiU that remains would be cloudy and clieeiloss." () I (lay most c.ilin, most hiM^'lit, The week were dark without thy light." As far as lior influLMice ox.tond(Ml slie was a " peacemakor " — " a restorer of the brcai;!)/' Slie exerted lierself in promoting- jteace in the family, the \illn;4-eand the Church, th(Migli she was sometimes pained to see and hear people striving for peace in tlie Church at liie ex[)ense of purity. Purity of communion, slie contended, was the jir.^f and most important object to be obtained in the Church, hence she often prayed for that " wis- dom which cometh from above, whi(;h \^ first pure, then peace- able, easy to be entreated and full of ;4'ood fruits ;" and nothinu' lias tended more to ])ring the Church of Cod into disrepute than the lack of attention which has obtaineil on this important matter. The or(h>i' of scripture ya fir>ass away unimproved. How much good has been lost; and may we not ask, how many precious souls have been lost for ever, through Christians not attending to the duty of *' sowing beside all waters," and embracing every oppor- tunity of seattering " the good seed of the kingdom." The great and good IJr. Chahners once unexpectedly met an old school-fellow at the house of a friend where he was remaining for the night ; they s})ent the evening conversing on interesting topics concerning days of yore. At a late hour they retired to rest. Before the dawn of the morning his friend was dead. The J)r. ever regretted that their conversation was not of a more spiritual cliaracter. AVliat a solenui lesson should this teach us 1 Her attachment to the ordinances of religion and the social means of grace was strong, and manifested ])y her })unctual and regular attendance, when tlie state of her health permitted, for a period of forty years. She had a delicate constitution, and the meeting house for many years was a considerable distance from her residence, yet the little band of worshippers with their Pastor, generally calculated upon her presence. That holy and venerable man, with his " little flock," are now all gone to the land of rest. They have met in the mansions above, never more to part. In her latter days, when she was no longer able to travel far, a kind Providence caused a little church to be built but a few yards from her own door, in which she worshipped till the close of her life ; for this she often devoutly praised God. Relying firmly on the divine promises ainl moral government of God, she was completely resigned to his will. Often, indeed, was she severely tempted to distrust God, but she ever found his promises adequate to her support; many were her trials and conflicts with the " Father of lies ;" often would she be well nigh overwhelmed in the deep waters of trouble, but with the shield of faith and the sword of the spirit, she was enabled to triumph, and often found that the trial of her faith " was more precious than gold which perisheth." She regarded submission 8 to God as an important Christian duty, and however crooked and thorny lier path might he, slie would often say, "My Father's liand ])repare.s the cup, And what he wills is best." "I could writedown twenty cases," says Cecil, "wherein I wished God liad done otherwise than lie did, but which, I now see, had I had my own will, would have led to extensive mis- chief. (^)uietness and submission to God is one of the most difficult of all Christian duties, to sit where he places us, to be what he would have us to be, and this as long as he pleases." Her house was a lioase of prayer, and as such it was ever regarded. She herself conducted family W' vship. These were to her always refreshing seasons ; she enjoyed them much. She had one spot by " the old arm chair," where she always knelt, and " I love it, I love it, and who shall dare To chide me for (ovinr/ that old Arm Chair ? In childhood's hour I lingered near That hallowed si^ot with listening ear ; She taught nie to lisp my earliest prayer, As I knelt beside that old ann chair." This is literally true. That spot was rendered sacred by many tears and prayers and blessings. From that place often has the prayer of faith ascended to the " Throne," and a gracious answer immediately returned. She ever regarded family worship as a Christian duty of unspeakable im})ortancey and one wdiich could not be neglected without great spiritual loss, hence nothing was allowed to interfere with its due per- formance. To her it was a privilege ; an enjoyment. She had taken up Joshua's resolution, and had a church in her house. Often did she repeat that beautiful hymn : " I and my house will serve the Lord ; But first obedient to liis word I iDust myself appear : By actions, words and temper show That I my heavenly master know, And serve with heart sincere. I must the fair examjile set ; Fr()m those that on my pleasure wait The stumbling-block remove; Their duty Ijy my life explain, And still in all my works maintain The dignity of love." Our lioiiie influence is not a passing, but an abiding one, and all-powerful for good or evil, for peace or strife, for happiness or misery. AVLo can tell the extent of a niotlier's influence ? She is every day moukling the character of her children, and they in their turn will influence otliers, nnd so on, to the end of time. How important then, that mctliers sliould be pious at home, for it is there wliere real character is seen. A lighted lamp, says McClieyne, is a very small thing, and it burns calmly and without noise, yet it giveth light to all that are m the liouse, and so there is a (piiet^ influence, which, like- the flame of a scented lamp, tills many a home with light and fragrance. This influence falls as the refreshing d"ew, the- invigorating sunbeam, the fertilizing shower, shining on all with the mild lustre of moonlight ; and it is refreshing for the writer to know that the sul)Ject of tliis memorial and h^er family influenced for good many individuals and families in the village where they resided. She is dead, l)ut though dead yet she speaks. She lived to see the fruit of her lal)or, in her own family and neighbourhorul. She flrst taught our infant lips to lisp the following beautiful prayer : — " Be it my only wisdcmi here To serve the Lord with filial fear With loving gratitude. Superior sense may 1 display, By shunning every evil way, And walking in the good. 10 *' O may I still from sin d('i)art — A wise and understanding heart, .Tesns, to me l)e given. And let me tlnougli thy spirit ki:o\v' To glorify my (iod below, And find my way to heaven." I have ahvays rci^'anled it a^j a ((ood and wise thing on the part of my inotlior, tliat she tauohtluT cliildren these two verses as a prayer. They are most siiilabhi and excellent. The words have always lingered in my memory both as a song and a prayer, and they contain my creed to-day, I vrant no other. The two following passages of scrijiture she loved to quote, and all through life she realized their tr\ith in her own ex- perience : — "In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths;" "Trust in the Lord and do good, and thou &halt dwell i'l the land, and verily thou shalt be fed." " Mothers be faithful. Don't be discouraged. Pray with and for your children. They never will, they never can forget them. They may appear not to heed your prayers ; they may put on an a[)pearance of thoughtlessness and levity, as though your prayers were disregarded ; Init persevere ; they never will be forgotten, but may be called up again in years to come, wlien you are gone to the grave, and like seed cast in the earth, germinate and produce fruit that shall flourish in inmor- tality." iMothers pray on ; the promise is to you and to your ■children. Pray often, pray earnestly, pray for faith,, pray im- portunately, pray unceasingly for the salvation of your children. Begin early, sow beside all waters, the seed M'ill take root, spring up, and bring forth fruit to the glory and honor of God. It will be as bread cast upon the waters, seen after many days. " He that goeth forth wee])ing, bearing precious seed, shall ■doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." It is said of the now sainted mother of the Bcechers, that she rose early to pray for her children, and especially that lier sons might be ministers and missionaries of Jesus Christ. ) /« 11 I i Those prayers have heeii answered. Her Jim. sons all hecanie ministers and niissionari(;s of Jesus Christ. She had power with God and prevailed, and if she prevailed, why may \\^^i you? " I had a pious mother once," says a late minister, " who dropped thing's in my way : I eould nisver rid myself of them. I was a );rofessed inlidcl, hut then I liked to ])e an intidcl in •company, rather than Avhen alone, I was wretehed when hy myself. These prineii)les and maxims spoih-d my jollity. With my companions T could sometimes stitlt' thi'm : like enihers we kept each other warm. Hesides, I was here a sort of hero. I had be,L;'uiIed several of my associates into my opinions, and had to maintain a character hefore them. Ihit I could not divest myself of my better })rin(;iples." The writer ever felt mon- indebted to his mother than to anv other human beini.' for M'hatever he has attained or enjoyed. The remembrance of hci ])ious instructions, her holy example, and her earnest prayer.-, still incite him to (.-'■■igence in the [)ath of duty. "And if I e'er in heaven appear, A mother's holy prayer, A niother'.s hand and gentle tear, That jjointed to a Saviour dear. Have led the wanderer there. " She was indeed a Christian mother, " training her cliildren in the way ihey should go," She was alll'ctionate, but not over indulgent. She always reipiired the most prom])t attention to her commands ; her injunctions were never allowed to be trifled with, not for a moment; and as her children were early taught to understand this, corporeal punishment was v6ry rarely rc- 'f /irr in Juiaren. " O uiuy T f*'ium[)h so, WIkmi all .ly warfare's past. And dying, find my latest fi»e Under my feet at last." Her "Remains" were interred in the graveyard of the Village Church, at Great IJudworth, Cheshire, in " sure and certain hope of a glorious resurrection." Julius Caesar died adjusting his rohes that lie might fall txracefullv. The intidel Hume died with pitiful iokes uixm his lips; Voltaire with horrid imprecations, mingled with despair- ing supplications to lliiii whom he had l)oastfully declared he would crush ; Rousseau })r(?sum})tuously ))()asting of his being able to "di(^game;" Pai'i' uttering the most piercing shrieks of sorrow and remorse. The writer of this memorial knew a case of a l)oastful 8ce})tic who was taken suddenly ill, and when he saw that death was iu?ar at hand, was t(,'rri))ly .alarmed ; lie declared this to his nurse, and was anxious to ))e instructed in the way of .salvation, but his frii.tids, being afraid of an ex- posure, stood constantly in the doorway of his room and wickedly refused to allow the milliter to enter. Tliey l.ioasted that he a dieil game I " He knew anotluu' case in tiie sanu; neighl)Our- hood, of a sceptical lawyer, whose shrieks when dying we .<-o terrible that his friends were obliged to leave his rooh. Is this all the supi)ort and comfort that scepticism can athun its adherents in their last moments 1 14 Keligioii, says A\'L']).ster, is the tie tluit coii'' >cts man to his Creator, and holds him to liis tlirone. that tie is sundered or })rokeii, he. floats away a worthh-ss ato.i. a the uni- verse, its projier attractions all gone, its destiny thwarted, anil its whole future nothing hut darkness, desolation and death. Our Cottage lionie, where for nearly half a century she had lived a blameless and godly life, was a ])eautiful spot. The front was covered with the larg(; leaved Ivy, Honeysuckles and Roses, which were so intertwined as to cause them to have the appearance of grooving from one root. At the gahle end stood a large Kosiih'iidruni tree, whi(;h in summer time, being covered with rich pur})le flowers, was "a })erfect show,"so that few })assers- by went on, "without pausing to admire it. Tlie garden walks were lined on each side with borders of Polyanthus, Primroses, Paisies, and other kinds of pretty English tiowers, and in the hedge rows were trees "bearing fruit after their kind." At the the front stood a sturdy, wide, sprea})py hmnes of England, How softly ill their bowers Is laid the holy quietness, That breathes h'om Sabbath hours. 15 Solf'inn, yet sweet, the Church hells, chime Flmits thiini^^h the wonds at tiioni, All other sniiiuls in that xHII time, Of breeze and leaf are Ixn'ii.*' But HOW, iiftcr an alKscncu of many years, I found all sadly cliangc'd, — " Where once we dwelt, our )iamc is heard no more, There stands my home, n(» more my home, and tiiey ^\'ho loved mo so, —they too have passed away." The smoke of mammon liad almost destroyed the trees and flowers, and the household vines were; no more, only the bare walls were seen, where once th<' Ivy and the Koses ,Li;rew. Almost by stealth we passed through the old garden gatf, and slowly round the flowerless walks. We plucked a small bran(,'h of the ivy from' a wall and In'ought it with us over tin; sea, as a souvenir, and a frail memorial of the tlays that are gone. J»y per- mission we crossed the door-steji and enter(;d the house; strangtv thoughts and feelings of a sombre and pensive nature rushed upon us. Here 1 iirst saw the light, here [ was nursed and trained and l)rought up, and from this s])ot 1 ent forth t«> battle with the world. Here our iimther wei)t riid prayed that the Lord would be the guide of our vouth. JUit how changed ! — " There was now no face of gladness, Ur voice of welcome there, for me." ]>ut although changed, it was ^till the old home, and ii.s early associations and jileasures were yet inell'aced from the tablet of menuirv, and for the moment, I was carried away back to the days of childhood and yoi't'i. The face;, movements and counsels of mother, wen; ])eing again heard and seen, and her lessons once more im}>ressed u]>on my heart. I'ut the whole aspect of my old home was so changed, — the old-fashioned furniture, the i)ictures and the old arm chair were gone, — that 10 I felt no pleasure in ifinaiiiin.uf, aftci' I liat'ao»'." So we turned away, and liade iierlia[is a tinal ailiiMi, to tlio s[)ot oiice so sa(,'red and dear to us. I'.ut our heloveil mother is "o(»ne uj' hi^lier,'' to a fairer <'iinie, and to a juirei', siidess, painh'ss iiouie, whe-re " theru is a fullness of Joy, and pleasures for ever more " "Swcot spirit I wlicrc thou art pone, Adieus and fan'wclls arc uulciiown. It would he (iU d»\-y -way of advanciuL; the cause of Christ ; if I have endeavored to ease the hunhms and alleviate the sorrows of tin; })0()r, the widow and the fatherless, and to help ^' the stranger within our gates;" if I know anything of Christ and His religion, by jtersonal exi)erience ; 1 owe it chietly to my mother, who, being o tlu! lucn aiul woiiicii of tlu; ftituit', iind thoy avo, and will lu", iiiuch what llic inotliM' is at hoinc. I-ikc tlu^ clay in the hands of the potttT, she may make and nicidd ihcm, accord i i p' to Iwi' will. lUit sho dot's this, unconsciously it may he, without jiuttin.L,' her will in it at all. From earliest infancy, her iidlu- ence and exam|tle, are very jiotent, either for j^ood or evil, in forniin;^^ the character of her ehildidi. I'roltalily the <^\v.-dt majority of motlu-rs do not consider I ids, and an; satisfied if thoy can feed and clothe and keep them in liealth. Tlufse, of course, are <(ood thin,L;s, l)ut every mother of children, should feel that the huildinjj,' of them up in j^ood morals, and in tln' principles of true religion, is a matter of the highest importance. In order to do this, she? herself should so think and sjieak and live, in the midst of tlu; fannly, that she may safely say, "Whatsoever thinj^'s ye have heard and seen in me, do." The home is her Church and school, and prohahly tliere is no posi- tion in this human lift; of ours, more important and more frou<;ht with serious consequences. In j^reat measure, hei' daily work and conduct in her home, and heforu her childrt^n, will form their character in this life and decide their destiny in the life to come. If this be the case, — and who will douLt it? — then it becomes a matter of supreme im})ortance, that mothers should be both wise and good, that they may Ik; enabled to "Train up their children in the way they should go." jMothers ! As with the pen of a diamond and in letters of light, I would press these matters upon your most serious atten- tion. For the love of (lod and your children, give earnest heed to them now, while you may, and while your children are young and at home.