That was a touching story which
Mr. Gladstone gave in Parliament,
when announcing the death
of the Princess Alice. Her little
boy was ill with diphtheria, and
the mother had been cautioned
not to inhale the poisoned breath.
The child was tossing in the delirium
of fever. The Princess stood beside
him and laid her hand on his brow
to caress him. The touch cooled
the fevered brain, and brought
back the wandering soul from
its wild delirium.
He nestled a moment in his
mother's lap; then, throwing
his arms around her neck,
he whispered, "Mamma,
kiss me." Mother-love
was stronger than all
the injunctions of physicians--
and she pressed her lips
to the child's. The result
was her death.
You say that she was foolish.
Yet where is the mother who
would not have done the same?
Love stops at no peril, at no sacrifice.
There was great peril in CHRIST'S
own mission to this world. In HIS
marvelous love for us, HE put his
lips to the poison of our sin--
and died in our place!
and gave HIMSELF up for her!"
Ephesians 5:25
The Good SHEPHERD lays
down HIS life for the sheep!"
John 10:11
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