Mother's Day — A Most Sacred Day

Oklahoma, 1922

Of all the special days set apart by law or custom Mother's Day is the most sacred and merits the observance that has come to the universally accorded it. It is seldom indeed that a man sinks so low into degradation that he does not reverence his mother if living or cherish her memory if she has passed away.

A thought of his mother has deterred all of us from committing unworthy acts and on this day set apart to her memory causes the most hardened to pause in the mad rush of life and give thought to the memory of her to whom he owes everything worth while. In the law of nature there is nothing as lasting as mother love. There is no sacrifice the mother will not willingly make for her child. She guides his uncertain footsteps during the days when his mind is trying to grasp some of the problems of life. She rejoices in his successes and sympathizes in his times of misfortune. If he forgets her training and wanders off into crime she is by his side in the hour of retribution, even to the foot of the scaffold, and would gladly lay down her own life, if it would save her wayward son.

Tomorrow Mother's Day will be observed at the churches of Ada. Whether one believes in the Christian religion or not he still believes in his mother and should attend a service in her memory if she is no longer among the living or in her honor if he is still fortunate enough to have her guidance.

—The Ada Evening News, Ada, Oklahoma, May 6, 1922, p. 2.