"You may speak but a word to a child, and in that child there may be slumbering a noble heart which shall stir the Christian Church in years to come."
Charles Spurgeon
Mothers do not grow weary in teaching your children the gospel. You never know if God will raise up the next Spurgeon amongst your offspring. Here are some words written by Charles about his mother.
"Yet I cannot tell how much I owe to the solemn words of my good mother. It was the custom, on Sunday evenings, while we were yet little children, for her to stay at home with us, and then we sat round the table, and read verse by verse, and she explained the Scripture to us. After that was done, then came the time of pleading; there was a little piece of Alleine’s Alarm, or of Baxter’s Call to the Unconverted, and this was read with pointed observations made to each of us as we sat round the table; and the question was asked, how long it would be before we would think about our state, how long before we would seek the Lord. Then came a mother’s prayer, and some of the words of that prayer we shall never forget, even when our hair is grey. I remember, on one occasion, her praying thus: “Now, Lord, if my children go on in their sins, it will not be from ignorance that they perish, and my soul must bear a swift witness against them at the day of judgment if they lay not hold of Christ.”
"You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, and training them up in God’s fear, and minding the house, and making your household a church for God, as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts."
"Fathers and mothers are the most natural agents for God to use in the salvation of their children. I am sure that, in my early youth, no teaching ever made such an impression upon my mind as the instruction of my mother; neither can I conceive that, to any child, there can be one who will have such influence over the heart as the mother who has so tenderly cared for her offspring. A man with a soul so dead as not to be moved by the sacred name of “mother” is creation’s blot. Never could it be possible for any man to estimate what he owes to a godly mother. Certainly I have not the powers of speech with which to set forth my valuation of the choice blessing which the Lord bestowed on me in making me the son of one who prayed for me, and prayed with me. How can I ever forget her tearful eye when she warned me to escape from the wrath to come? I thought her lips right eloquent; others might not think so, but they certainly were eloquent to me. How can I ever forget when she bowed her knee, and with her arms about my neck, prayed, “Oh, that my son might live before Thee!” Nor can her frown be effaced from my memory,—that solemn, loving frown, when she rebuked my budding iniquities; and her smiles have never faded from my recollection,—the beaming of her countenance when she rejoiced to see some good thing in me towards the Lord God of Israel."
For more on Spurgeon go to Http://spurgeononline.com
C.H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), an English Baptist pastor, preached his first sermon at sixteen.
Spurgeon was only 17 years old when he became pastor of a small chapel in Waterbeach near Cambridge.
Before he was 20, Spurgeon had preached over 600 times.
At twenty-two, he was the most popular preacher of his day, habitually addressing congregations numbering six to ten thousand.
What a great reminder; thanks for this post!
ReplyDeleteJessica
Thanks for stopping by Jessica. Be strong in the Lord and Dont grow weary :)
DeleteThanks for the encouragement this morning! This is the second post I've read about the influence of mom's this morning. I'll take it to heart!
ReplyDeleteAs a mother of sons, I love this. It is encouraging to note that even Spurgeons mother had to give the hard talks sometime:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this post on my link-up!
ReplyDeleteGod bless,
Chris
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