As motherhood hymns go, I much prefer "Motherhood, Sublime, Eternal", with its roots in the Mother-God theology of the 14th Century English Roman Catholic anchorite nun Julian of Norwich. The tune MIDI is in my hymnal with the text, which I also add here:

Motherhood, Sublime, Eternal
Words by J. S. Cutler
My source: Christian Worship: A Hymnal, 1941 (a joint publication of the Northern Baptist Convention and the Disciples of Christ)

1. Motherhood, sublime, eternal, lives in God's great heart of Love;
   Ever holds us, safe enfolds us, underneath, around, above;
   Patient, tender, kind, forgiving, though in devious paths we roam;
   Gently chides us, ever guides us, and all-loving, leads us home.



2. Ev'ry wrong will sure be righted; ev'ry evil swept away;
   Truth upspringing, justice bringing, ushers in the brighter day;
   Mother calls her earthly children, loves them, lifts them when they fall;
   Striving, calling, fainting, falling, Motherlove enfolds them all.



3. God is love, and love forever in the motherheart is blest;
   Lives the longest, lifts the strongest, far outreaching all the rest;
   Not by might, and not by wisdom comes our lifting from the sod:
   Love's pure glory tells the story in the Motherheart of God.

The tune is attributed to Willis N. Moore. I know nothing more about lyricist or composer, nor about the textual/publication history of the song. But as motherhood hymns go, I like it.

Haruo