Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1892 — Mother and Son. [ARTICLE]

Mother and Son.

In the recent terrible disaster at Titusville, Pa., when so many lives were lost by flood and tire, a poor German' laborer ventured again and again in the burning mass to drag forth victims. He was successful three times, but in the fourth attempt the flaming oil swept over him. Later in the day his charred and lifeless body was carried to his old mother. She threw herself upon it in an agony of grief, and then, lifting her head, said: “I thank God that he gave my son that great work to do! lam willtig.” He was her only child. She was left homeless and friendless; yet in all the miserable days that followed she comforted herself with the thought of the work he had done. In the museum at Antwerp there is one picture which appeals to the heart of every mother. It Is the Dead phrist, painted by Van Dyck. • The’Saviour lies cold and dead upon the ground at the foot of the cross. His mother holds Him in her arms. St. John, his face full of consternation and turns to two angels standing near, and points to the .motionless figure. “What does this mean?” he seems to say. “Is this the end of the world’s hope?” They have no answer. They bury their faces in their hands. But bls mother knows. She looks beyond them up to God, her face lull of agony and exultation. She has lost her Son But His work is accomplished. c»he is content.—Youth’s Companion.