I. Mothers need a friend!

In joy and in sorrow, in dark hours and in light, in life and in death, they need a Friend who is always the same—even ‘the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever.’

II. You may have such a Friend.

1. Even Jesus. Prov. xviii. 24. John, xv. 15. The Friend of sinners. Matt. xi. 19.

2. He loveth always. Prov. xvii. 17.

3. He is faithful. Prov. xviii. 24. John, xiii. 1.

III. Is He your Friend?

Can you point to Jesus and say, ‘This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend?’ Cant. v. 16.

If not, do not rest until you can say so.

IV. If Jesus is your Friend.

1. Go to Him in trouble. ‘Pour out your heart before Him.’ John, xi. 3, 11.

In sorrow lean on His bosom, as John did. John, xiii. 23.

‘He weeps with those who weep.’

2. Go to Him in joy, for He ‘rejoices with those who do rejoice.’

3. Do not have hard thoughts of Him because He afflicts.

‘Faithful are the wounds of a friend.’ Prov. xxvii. 6. Ps. cxli. 5.

He sympathises in every sorrow. Heb. iv. 15.

And has borne your griefs. Isa. liii. 4.