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One mother with her child had left her home to find Jesus. On the way she told a neighbor her errand, and the neighbor wished to have Jesus bless her children. Thus several mothers came here together, with their little ones. Some of the children had passed beyond the years of infancy to childhood and youth. When the mothers made known their desire, Jesus heard with sympathy the timid, tearful request. But He waited to see how the disciples would treat them. When He saw the disciples reproving the mothers and sending them away, thinking to do Him a favor, He showed them their error, saying, “Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.” Mark 10:14 . He took the children in His arms, He laid His hands upon them, and gave them the blessings for which they came.

Jesus welcomed children and rebuked His disciples for trying to send the mothers away. This passage describes a historical/narrative account from the Gospels regarding Jesus and the mothers.

The mothers were comforted. They returned to their homes strengthened and blessed by the words of Christ. They were encouraged to take up their burden with new cheerfulness and to work hopefully for their children.

Words of comfort from Christ impart emotional strength and cheerfulness to mothers in their daily tasks. This discusses spiritual and emotional encouragement resulting from faith and Christ's words, without formulating a testable biomedical intervention.

Could the afterlife of that little group be opened before us, we should see the mothers recalling to the minds of their children the scene of that day, and repeating to them the loving words of the Saviour. We should see, too, how often, in after years, the memory of these words kept the children from straying from the path cast up for the ransomed of the Lord.

Early spiritual memories and loving words of the Saviour can morally guide children in later years. This conveys a spiritual teaching on the enduring impact of early religious memory on moral behavior.

Christ is today the same compassionate Saviour as when He walked among men. He is as verily the helper of mothers now as when He gathered the little ones to His arms in Judea. The children of our hearths are as much the purchase of His blood as were the children of long ago.

Christ remains a compassionate helper and savior to modern mothers and children. This is a statement of ongoing theological belief and spiritual relationship.