The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-05-08
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An extract from the Rev. Mr.. Barnes Sermon
the Last Sabbath Of the Year.

An extract from the Rev. Mr.. Barnes Sermon on
the Last Sabbath Of the Year.
An American home! what an idea is
conveyed BY that word The ancient
Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew, knew
not the term. Ii is stranger TO the mo-
dern Gallo people, and is found in few Of
she languages OF the world. The Greek
and Roman talked of house, and a house
hold, and doubtless there were attractive
ideas in the word To- them. Around the
oriental phrase "the shepherds tent"
there is thrown some charm Of romance
more in the idea than in the reality
though there are, TO an oriental, pleasure
bic associations connected with il. So in
our boyhood, also, we were charmed with
the description Of the happiness Of the
dwelling in Arcadia-more in the dreams
of poetry, than there ever was in the real
ity. The nora we have obtained from
our old Saxon tongue, and we have invest
cd il with ideas such as could have been
gathered around such word among no
people excep: those Of Saxon origin.
Transport the word 10 the heart Of Africa,
or TO China, or to Persia, or to Turkey,
or 10 Russia, and il loses lis meaning.
You cannot clothe il there with what is
attractive in il here.
How many tender and beautiful concep-
tons enter here into the meaning of the
word home! II is not merely the place of
our birth, nor the place where our father
and mother, our brothers and sisters live
it is not merely the place where we have
been trained, and where we sported in
boyhood-it is not that our house is more
beautiful or splendid than can be found in
other lands-it Is not that we are clothed
in fine linen, and fare sumptuously every
day; but it is that there clusters around an
american home, what is rarely, if ever, TO
be found in any ether habitasion of man.
All homes in our land, are not, indeed, pre-
eisely the same, but there is beau ideal
which easily conveys the conception, and
which will find its original IN thousands
Of the abotes in this Republic, and not Of
ten in the older portions Of the world
rarely except in our own native land. IL
i, The abode Of Liberty. The father is al
lowed to pursue his own plan for the good
Of his family, and, with his sons, TO labor
in what profession he chooses, and to en-
Joy the avai!s of his own labor. The re.
suits of his toll are not liable TO be torn
away by rapacious officers of Government,
nor is he subject TO the will of another as
10 The amount Of labor which he shall per-
form. or the kind of employment which
he shall pursue. lie may live where he
pleases-he may purchase a field as his
Own--he may plant, or sow, or build,
where and what he chooses--and there,
undisturbed, he may lie down and die.
His the abode ofnsatnsss, thrift, and com
petence. Il is not the wretched hut Of the
Greenlander or the CafIrarian. or the M
derground abode of the kamschatkan, or
the stye of the Hottentot. IL is the abode
Of int I gsnee. We associate with the
word instinciively the idea that they who
reside there can read-that they have the
Bible-that they are not strangers to 9TH
er books and other modes Of transmitting
thought. They are acquainted with the
constitution of their country-they know
their rights as citizens-they know the
value of vote---they know where 10 find
redress if they are wronged-they feel
sure that if they are wronged they will
have redress. IL is the abode of content
neat and peace. The bond that unites
all, is love and mutuai respect. A father
aud mother are respected, obeycd, and
loved. They have intelligence and virtue.
which constitute = claim to respect, and
they have hid the foundation for this in
Ihe careful tanning Of their children. II