Jesus taught his disciples “on the need for them to pray always and not give up.” (Luke 18:1)
Mothers, let me tell you one story which should excite you earnestly do your children good. In the old war between England and America, there was a son who received a Bible from his mother. It was brought to him by a comrade, who said to him, “Your mother told me to say that, out of love to her, she hoped you would learn one verse every day.” So he opened the Book, and, with a laugh, he said, “Well, then, here goes.” Strangely enough, the verse that he opened on was the only verse he ever would learn at the Sunday School, for he had been a bad lad, and could not be made to learn; and he read it, and it fetched the tear into his eye. It was this: “Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest;” and the mother’s prayers were heard to a mother’s joy.
Go on, mothers, praying for your children, that the pleasure of the Lord may prosper in Christ’s hand. Do not be content to sow seed that may spring up when they are fifty, but pray to God that it may spring up while they are as yet perhaps under fifteen. Pray, that God’s pleasure may prosper in Christ’s hand with you!
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