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MOTHERS OF THE WISE AND GOOD: Anecdotes and Essays on the Incredible Influence of Mothers Throughout Church History
Jabez Burns
"This book answers the very questions that today's women are asking. The engaging anecdotes and instructive essays are wonderful. I have looked for a book like this for many years. Every mother, grandmother, and spiritual mother - in others words, every woman - will find great help and hope in this book." - Susan Hunt
This book was written in 1846 to honor the role of a mother. Brief biographical sketches are given of such wise and good men as Augustine, John Newton, Jonathan Edwards and many others with special emphasis upon the way that their mothers were used of God in their lives. Susan Hunt says that this is the book she has been seeking for many years to give young mothers to encourage them in their task. Elisabeth Elliot and Nancy Wilson commend this work very highly.
"It is a useful and valuable work, replete with instruction and encouragement...it deserves to have a wide circulation." - John Angell James
"One of the great helps to the modern church is the reprinting of old books by saints of a previous generation. This book has much to offer us in our day where motherhood is not given the honor it deserves." - Nancy Wilson
"The writer has been powerfully struck by the fact, that there are few good works which are directly adapted to give the information, and supply the help which is needed. Good thoughts and interesting facts on this subject are scattered abroad through the length and breadth of our moral and religious literature; but thus it is almost unavailable to those whose benefit and encouragement should be chiefly aimed at.
The plan designed in this volume has been to furnish within a portable and convenient size, a series of delightful instances of the success of pious maternal influence, interspersed with various striking incidents, both in prose and verse, calculated to interest and improve the mind, and followed by short essays on the various duties and responsibilities of the Christian mother.
To collect and arrange has been the chief duty of the Author, being satisfied that it would have been impossible, for him, at least, to have provided original articles of equal value, and as directly adapted to the end contemplated. That the book may prove instructive, edifying and useful, under God's blessing, to that most numerous, important, and influential class for whom it is chiefly designed, is the earnest and prayerful desire of the Author."- Jabez Burns, March 1846
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Additional Information
• Table of Contents
• Author's Preface
• Sample
• Commendations
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Part One: Dozens of Examples of Pious Maternal Influence, including the following...
Monica and St. Augustine
Mother of Alfred the Great
Mother of Francis Lord Bacon
Sir Isaac Newton's Mother
Thomas Halyburton and his Mother
Dr. Samuel Johnson and his Mother
Jonathan Edwards and his Mother
Mrs. Wesley and her Children
Philip Doddridge and his Mother
John Newton and his Mother
George Washington and his Mother
Richard Cecil and his Mother
Timothy Dwight and his Mother
Legh Richmond and his Mother
and many more...
Part Two: Striking Incidents and Brief Accounts of Distinguished Mothers
Encouragement to Praying Mothers
Rev. Richard Hooker
Rev. Philip Henry
Dr. Samuel Annesley
A Wise Mother
A Mother's Prayers
The Power of a Mother
Mother, Home, and Heaven
Remembrance of a Mother's Influence
A Fact for Mothers
The Grandmother's Death
The Mother in the Closet
The Mother's Grave
Part Three: Select Essays on Motherhood
The Dignity of Mothers
Qualifications Essential to Maternal Duties
The Mother's Charge
A Mother's Privilege
Maternal Piety
Power of Maternal Piety
On the Mother's Difficulties
Method of Imparting Scriptural Knowledge
Education of Daughters
Early Religious Impressions
A Mother's Love
