Chapter XVII: The Careful Mother

I. Careful in her _house_.

No waste. Prov. xviii. 9. John, vi. 12.

Yet not stingy. No needless expense—makes a little go a long way.

II. Careful over her _children_.

Their _bodies_—health—clothes—future. 1 Tim. v. 8. 2 Cor. xii. 14.

Provident Club. Penny Bank, &c.

Their _minds_. Gives education suitable to their station. No fortune
so good.

What a disgrace in these days to a mother, if a child cannot read and
write!

Their _souls_. Above all, let not care for the body choke this. Mark,
iv. 19.

Lay up treasure in heaven. Matt. vi. 20.

III. Let not careful mother be _too full of care_.

Not _overcharged_. Luke, xxi. 34; x. 41, 42.

‘Live not in careful suspense.’ Luke, xii. 29 (margin).

Cast your care on One who can bear it. 1 Pet. v. 7. Phil. iv. 6. He
will not despise it, ‘_for He careth for you_.’

For the future, take this for your motto when over-pressed by cares and
trials, ‘The Lord will provide.’ Gen. xxii, 14. Philip, iv. 19. Ps.
xxiii. 1.