Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1846-01-15
Make Home Happy,
By REy. G.sG. INGERsOLL.

"Thcre is one view, one point on
which would say n few words. II is
one more Immediately connected with
the rrJoicings Of his day-and one also,
that is appropriate Ia The season OF the
year. And thus subject is, The enjoy
nrn,s OF Home the pleasures which it
can be made TO bestow or to bring IT
directly, and iaiIly before us,-the reia-
tions which Home bears tn our rccrea-
tons, our anu sements. | here refer tn
n too common mistake e-that Home Is in
deed the sphere Of our most important
AM dearest duties tha, Home Is the
scene of our wa rmesi, puIest, best alice
tons but, that our anu IemcntI must be
sought for abroad. D)we not, too often,
hear expressions like this-l do not al
low myself any relaxation, for | contine
myself at h'm,. Or, we ! elr one thus
uged to join an exc ursion-yon must
go, you really need it, It is your duty tn
partake OF some amusement, You have
kept yourself So much at Home. Now,
| say nnthing against going abroad for
recrealion-wiIhIn its right limits II Is
all well-but | do say "A great deal
against the principle that is included IN
these expressions, which is, that in order
To get amusement we must 60 abroad for
n,-iha Home has IFS duties, and It's
affections, but not anusenents. l do
say, 1t is false, and foolish, and wicked
thus to make Home working place,
where we toll, and toll, in round of
duties, TIL we require reireshlnent, and
then we are turned loose Ia recruit our
selves abroad do say, the man who
believes that he must find all his amuse-
ments away from Home, does not under
stand what Home means or else he has
some amusemenls that he ought to be
ashamed of.. | do say, the woman who
believes that she mus, escape from Home,
that she may be amused, most truly de-
serves our pity, or sharp rebuke-io she
must be unhappy there. or no, true To
her high calling. do say, the man
who, when he needs recrea eaton, snpposes
he must, necessarily, leave his Home
behind him, and 60 forth into the streets,
the news-room, The bar-room, the reiec-
tory, even the Lyceum, does not realize
how much happiness he loses, nor how
much guilt he incurs. do say, the wo-
man, who, while she believes Home is
the abode Of care and even love, still
supposcs that nmuscments lie only in the
shop, the excursion, the party, the as
srmhly, or even the leclure-room, labors
under a mistake fatal to her mind, her
heart, aud the peace OF those whom God
permits her to influence. | do say, ton,
r'ni parents, who are teaching this les
son To lhru children, are IntlictIDg on
them an lncalrulable wrong. They are
losing some of the strongest ties which
blnd them to vIunc. They are teach
ing them, by their own example e-that
instructor so easy Ia be understood, SO
powerful 10 persuade -tn look for amuse-
,n-nt anywhere else than at Home =
Aud if, ~ Their experience they mistake |;
VI, through the force uf temptation, which
iiry hav" never been taught Ia resist,
they seek their rrcrraii"n IN the abodes
nf \. .,I, ahd shame i Sny-not always,
indeed, si,ll, IN nan, aud many case
n -, brrausr lIrmr has never been
made Ia them what God tended IL
should be-. what their Young minds could
reverence, aud what their young aiiec-
tons would have gladly clung 10