Matthew 19:13-15 Then were there brought to him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.… It has been truly said that although women may have produced no work of surpassing power, have written no Iliad, no "Hamlet," no "Paradise Lost; " have designed no Church of St. Peter's, composed no "Messiah," carved no "Apollo Belvidere," painted no Last Judgment; although they have invented neither algebra nor telescopes nor steam engines, they have done something greater and better than all this: it is at their knees that virtuous and upright men and women have been trained — the most excellent productions in the world. If we would find the secret of the greatness and goodness of most famous men we must look to their mothers. It was the patient gentle schooling of which turned from a profligate to a saint. It was the memory of a mother's lessons which changed John Newton, of Olney, from blasphemous sailor to an earnest minister of God. It was a mother's influence which made George Washington a man of such truth, such nobleness, and such power, that he swayed the people of America as one man. (Wilmot Buxton.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. |
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