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Updated: May 7, 2025
And when it is well with the children, it is the Sechus of a mother which has caused them to prosper, and when evil days befall them ... it is again the Angel who stands before God and pleads: 'Dost Thou forget that these children no longer have a mother?... and the evil is averted. ..." Gudule's voice had sunk to a mere whisper.
"Every human being be he ever so wicked if he have done but a single good deed on earth, will, when he arrives above, in the seventh heaven, get his Sechus, that is to say, the memory of the good he has done here below will be remembered and rewarded bountifully by the Almighty." Gudule ceased speaking.
"Ephraim!" said the girl, with a violent outburst of emotion, as she again threw herself into her brother's arms... "just think if mother had lived to see this!" "Don't, don't, Viola, my sweet!" Ephraim exclaimed, sobbing convulsively. "Ephraim!" the girl cried, shaking her head in wild despair, "I don't believe in the Sechus!
Had she taken upon herself a voluntary penance for having, in her heart's bitter despair, presumed to abjure her faith in the Sechus of her mother? Or was there yet another reason? The heart of woman is a strangely sensitive thing. It loves not to build its happiness upon the hidden ruins of another's life.
"Well, and then?" the uncle cried, eagerly anticipating his answer. "Then the Sechus of our mother will come to our aid." Ephraim said softly. The farmer's eyes grew dim with moisture; his sister had been very dear to him. "As I live!" he cried, brushing his hand across his eyes, "you are true children of my sister Gudule. That's all I can say."
"'Who art thou? asks God. 'I am the Sechus of a mother, is the answer, 'of a mother who has left children behind her on earth. 'Then do thou stand here and keep guard over them! says God.
Her eyes closed, her head fell back, her breathing became slower and more labored. "Are you still there, children?" she softly whispered. Anxiously they bent over her. Then once again she opened her eyes. "I see you still" the words came with difficulty from her blanched lips "you, Ephraim, and you, my little Viola ... I am sure my Sechus will plead for you ... for you and your father."
"Would you like to know," Gudule suddenly cried, with uplifted voice, "what this Sechus is like? It has the form of an angel, and it stands near the Throne of the Almighty. ... But, since the days of Rachel, our mother, it is the Sechus of a mother that finds most favor in God's eyes. When a mother dies, her soul straightway soars heavenward, and there it takes its place amid the others.
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