The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-12-19
BY KITCHENER s MATHEWS,
HOME.
aHome, thy joys are passing lovely-.-

,t Joys no stranger heart can lell."- sas
What a charm rests upon endearing name--my home
consecrated bydomesc love- that golden key Of earthly
happinessl Without this, home woudbe like temple
stripped Of its garlahds there father welcomes, with
fpnd affection; brothers kind sympahies comfort in
The hour of distress and assist in every trial. there
pous mother 6rsI lsughlhe infant lips to lisp Ae name
of Jesus aud there loved sister dwells hecompanon
Of early days. ari ,. ,,gr, s,o ~ s5s ealg arsH
Truly, there aught thai is lovely here below, is
Is homesweet home is like lhe basis of the desert
The passing of our days may be paininl--.opr path
may be checkered with sorrow and care unltindness
and frowns may wlher the juyousness Of the heat,
eface the happy smiles from the brow, and bedew LIES
way with tears yet when the memory hovers over The
past there place upon which delights to nger
as the ofee scenes Of childhoods home II is the polar
Star Of existence What cheers The mariner far away
from his native land in foreign por1 or tossed upon
the bounding bows as he PAGES the deck at midnight
alone what thoughts flTbs breash He is thinking Of
the loved ones far away atis own happy cottage; in
hisminds eys he sees tie smiling group seated around
hechecrfnl freside In imagination he hears them
uniting theirVoces in singing the songs which he
loves He is anticipating the hour when he shall return
10 his native and to greet those absent ones SO deal to
his heart gsu @,si ,iM sedNN9a r 81 'ia i''
a3Why rests that deep sadeoF sadness upon the stran
gers brow as he seals himself anidthe family circlel
He is surrounded by all the luxuries that wealth can
afford happy faces gather around him, and strive in
vain 10 win smile. Ali he is thinking of his own
sweet home OF the loved ones assembled within his
own cheerful cot 72' ia asf 90 sf1si7afsYee' Aa .
Why those tears which steal down the cheeks Of tina,
young and lovely girl she mngles In the social cir
clel Ahlsheis an orphan; she,to had happy home
but that house isnow ersaken and desolae; its loved
ones are now sleeping in the cold and silent tomb. The
senis mother who watched over her infancy and hush
ed her to sleep with lullaby, which mother only can
sing girlhood days taught her of the Savior and
tuned her youthful voice to sing praises 10 his name
has gone 10 The mansions Of joy above and is mingine
her songs and tuning her goldenharp with bright angels
ii heatenir Poor oier She is now LETT to tread The
pthorEy path Of life a lonely, homeless wanderer.
Thus i is in this changing world. The objects mos
dear are shatched away. We are deprived Of the
friends whom most we love, and our cherished home is
rendered drear and desolae aPassing away is eugra
yen on all things earthly. But there is a home thai
Knows no changes where separations never take place
where the sorowing ones Of this world may obtain re-
griels and where the sighs and tears d
earth are exchanged for unending songs ofjoy Tha
home is found iuheaven; foe'h 2iT asmnelG rai
fnhe shadowy past there is one sweet reniniscenct
which the storms oflife can never wkilhet ills the re-
collection Of hOme-o childhoods home In the Wis
iOAed future there sone Bright star whose lusre neve
fades; tits the hope of home--of heavenly home
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