Spurgeon on Mothers...

O dear mothers, you have a very sacred trust reposed in you by God! He hath in
effect said to you, “Take this child and nurse it for Me, and I will give thee thy
wages.” You are called to equip the future man of God, that he may be thoroughly
furnished unto every good work. If God spares you, you may live to hear that pretty
boy speak to thousands, and you will have the sweet reflection in your heart that the
quiet teachings of the nursery led the man to love his God and serve Him. Those who
think that a woman detained at home by her little family is doing nothing, think the
reverse of what is true. Scarcely can the godly mother quit her home for a place of
worship; but dream not that she is lost to the work of the church; far from it, she is
doing the best possible service for her Lord. Mothers, the godly training of your
offspring is your first and most pressing duty. CC112

There is never a babe dropped into a mother’s bosom but it brings care, labour, grief,
and anxiety with it. 1433.506

Our fathers are all very well—God bless them!—and a father’s godly influence and
earnest prayers are of untold value to his children; but the mothers are worth two of
them, mostly, as to the moral training and religious bent of their sons and daughters. 2215.404

There is, somehow, a wonderful power about a mother’s voice, when she talks to her
children about Jesus and his love, which stamps itself upon the heart, and the heart
is a far better place for the custody of truth than ever the brain can become. 2937.256