“If men had half as much grit as the women there would
be different stories written about a good many homes. Look at her work! It is
the greatest in the world; in its far reaching importance it is transcendently
above everything in the universe - her task in molding hearts and lives and
shaping character. If you want to find greatness, don't go toward the throne;
go to the cradle, and the nearer you get to the cradle, the nearer to greatness
. . . The work is so important that God will not trust anybody with it but a
mother. The launching of a boy or girl to live for Christ is greater work than
to launch a battleship . . . Will you promise and covenant with God, and with
me, and with one another, that from now on you will try, with God's help, to do
better than you ever have done to raise your children for God?”
From Billy Sunday’s Sermon “Motherhood”
What a quote! I've never heard this before. Thanks for sharing this.
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