Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Jane Williams
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I 1876–1909
- Part II 1910–1944
- Part III 1945–1974
- Part IV 1975–2008
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Text of early membership cards
- Appendix 2 Development of the Mothers' Union prayer
- Appendix 3 Midday prayers (original)
- Appendix 4 Development of the objects
- Appendix 5 Biographical notes on central and worldwide presidents
- Bibliography
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Appendix 1 - Text of early membership cards
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 April 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Jane Williams
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I 1876–1909
- Part II 1910–1944
- Part III 1945–1974
- Part IV 1975–2008
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Text of early membership cards
- Appendix 2 Development of the Mothers' Union prayer
- Appendix 3 Midday prayers (original)
- Appendix 4 Development of the objects
- Appendix 5 Biographical notes on central and worldwide presidents
- Bibliography
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Summary
Original Winchester membership card as used first at Old Alresford
Remember that your Children are given up, body and soul, to Jesus Christ in Holy Baptism, and that your duty is to train them for His Service.
Try, by God's help, to make them obedient, truthful and pure.
Never allow coarse jests, bad, angry words or low talk in your house. Speak gently.
You are strongly advised never to give your children beer, wine or spirits without the doctor's orders, or send young people to the public house.
Do not allow your girls to go about the streets at night, and keep them from unsafe companions and from dangerous amusements.
Be careful that your children do not read bad books or police reports.
Set them a good example in word and deed.
Kneel down, and pray to God morning and evening, and teach your children to pray.
Try to read a few verses of the Bible daily, and come to Church as regularly as possible.
If you repent truly of your sins, and desire with all your heart to love and follow the Lord Jesus, come to the Holy Communion, and feed on Him by faith; then will your soul be strengthened and refreshed. Jesus said, “Do this in remembrance of me”. It was His dying command.
Prayer to be said daily
O Lord, give me Thy Holy Spirit, that I may firmly believe in Jesus Christ, and love Him with all my heart. Wash my soul in His Precious Blood. Make me to hate sin and to be holy in thought, word, and deed. Help me to be a faithful wife and a loving mother. Bless me and all who belong to the Mothers’ Union; unite us together in love and prayer, and teach us to train our children for Heaven. Pour out Thy Holy Spirit on my dear husband and children. Make our home, a home of peace and love, and may we so live on earth that we may live with Thee for ever in Heaven: for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.
Original Winchester Subscribing members’ card
I desire to remember that my Children have been dedicated body and soul to our LORD JESUS CHRIST in Holy Baptism, and that the responsibility is laid on me to train them for His service so that they may continue His faithful soldiers and servants unto their lives’ end.
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- A History of the Mothers' UnionWomen, Anglicanism and Globalisation, 1876–2008, pp. 253 - 255Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2009