Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-04-24
From ne New York Christian Messenger.
HOME--ITs JOYS AND soRRows.

not ieaped up TO tell OF them Around what
spot, the place Of ones birth and childhood,
have not been traced a thousand memorials
OF blylhesome hours and hnppy daysl Joys
may be departed, never 10 return, but they
have been Joys, and remembrance Ringers
yet with pleasure as il recalls them in the
far-oH Past, even when age with falling
powers can scarcely syllable the names
OF the companions with whom they were
shared. But has home too Its sorrows?--
Does the distressful messenger come within
precincts so hallowed Is the voice Of wall
ting heard there where the notes fihc morn
tng carol orthe evening song gush forth in
such Joyous flow? where the merry laugh
and the dimpling smile play around the lips
oil blooming youth and maturer age2 where
ma,rons grace and MANTLE beauty, girish
delight and boysh hiarity, picture out the
scene? Ay. how many bursting heart
can witness for itself that home, dear home,
has sorrows all its own. The lone hour,
the tear that steals down the cheek, the sill
suferauce OF the spirit stricken and all bu,
broken, reaching out for some prop. lrail
though itmay be, to rest on.--bave au utter.
ance OF sorrows eloquence mighty enough
TO convince the most unbelieping,
Thejoys OF Home the sorrows OF Home !
there are meetings. there are partings
there are comings, and goings; and like
rain drops that give out their varying hues
and stamp the bosom of The passing cloud.
these blend 10 throw their arch over the ele
mep,s within. Sweet and peaceful are those
Joys. There the tired spirit 6nhs rest, as il
unbends ilsefin its own familiar circle OF
affection there he burdened heart casts
of is load and forgeis the weight thai has
pressed it down THE gloom beginning to
gather upon the bow of cate. retreats away,
and smooth In moment is the anxious Wis.
age that catches a ray Of that sunlight which
is shedding its radiance upon all within the
reach Of its frightened influence They
are quiet, and yet they are mighty, for the
waters from that fountain swell with too
deep tide to be noisy they spring unbid
den; clear and pure, they cheer the soul lha,
will slake its thirst at its streams OF fresh
and .uncorrupting righteousness. Under the
governance Of reason and the fear of God.
they ybe largely parlakrn; they are his
own tokens OF love TO win us 10 adore him /;
for he i is, who has arranged the capacities
and ordained the objects meet for their en-,
joymcnt. His hand hath woven the chords
ofthe domestic Affections into the warp and
wool ofliie and set there the pictures OF that
skilful broidery OF the varying relations
which mutually lend their several appor.
,ionmenls to complete the eyer,beauliful de-
sign. From tho graded infant. up through
all the ranks of lesser or greater years OF
childhood. manhood. or maturer age, the
shuttle flies aud there they siand forming
the family group Home with its joys,--io
h,x,y ho al. d..
that rules our lives and seeks 10 make us
happy. The eye speaks il in its gaze Of de-
lighted qualification as il faslens upon one
and another Of those whom the heart loves.
The voice mounts up in its tones of praise as
Il rings jubilant from the arlless lips OF the
boy or girl yet unvexed by worldly cares. or
/ with deeper-sealed emotion breaks from old
er bosons thai can better appreciate The
blessings, and its joys.
Come sii down withthe inmates Of yond.
er humble cottage. They are poor-bul
whaLthen2 Il is their home; they toll on
from day to day, unreached by the luxuries
Of the rich and great, but they are not I'M
blessed by joy. Love is there; not such as
the poet in his fancy paints, unreal. --unuse-
full IL il were true but such as the human
heart may feel. and feeling, find il source
of happiness. Ties, too light and yet strong
and tar-reaching, are thrown over those
hears; nor ill the Dealings within each BIO.
som are stilled in the embrace of death, will
they cease to draw and TO bind. Home TO
them has meaning language familiar 10
their ear is that whi,h tells of its joys; nor
are its sorrows foreign to their experience
The coffined corpse. spanlength as it were
beautiful in its early removal from the spo
where its spirits smiles lent their sunshine
to the Joy Of its coming. has powerto IN.
seal the eyes, deep fountains, TO bid in sad
ness guest. and 10 make Home for tim.
lis dwelling. There are deeper sorrow:
also. bat not in such home NOWHERE in
hnppy union the kindred souls are met. anc
while pricing its joys, can intemperance OBJ
trude; the bitter signs Of that almost wild
owed broken heart. trembling at the coming
foolstep once crossing the Threshold bu
10 minister to the happy, sill happier hour
come'up from the memories Of what was
home no longer; for its chain is fed tn,
troihrpight has been forgotten; the vow un
said; the professor is the oppessor now. ailt
< for JOY. sorrow with it's scalding tears sits
constant weeper,---tears that in their silence
urgei an, appeal louder than the voice O
mighty passion can upraise, to Godthe judg
OF oil. tl .1a s.d
There are joys which are peculiar 4
Hoane. which haysiheir springibut not thei
end, in the fireside. at the hearth and at tb
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