2. The mother’s sins. Ps. xix. 12; xc. 8. Isa. lvii. 18. Amos, v. 12.
Sins of omission and commission.
3. The mother’s sorrows. Exod. iii. 7.
Both inward and outward trials. 2 Kings, xx. 5. Ps. cxlii. 3. Acts, vii. 34.
There are many sorrows it is not well for a wife and mother to speak of to others, but take comfort! Your Saviour knows each grief—each trouble—each tear for your own sins or the sins of others.
4. The mother’s need. Matt. vi. 8, 32.
And He promises to supply it. Ps. xxiii. 1. Philip, iv. 19.
XXII. JESUS THE MOTHER’S FRIEND.
I. Mothers need a friend!
In joy and in sorrow, in dark hours and in light, in life and in death, they need a Friend who is always the same—even ‘the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever.’