Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-12-30
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o how sweet q word is HOME. Children
who love home and seek their pleasures there,
very seldom go astray. 1t is christianity that
has made home what it is; and without re-
! ligiOn half its charms are absent.
No matter how dark and cold il is without,
all is light and warmth within. The storm
may rage, and the sleet rattle against the
walls, but Providence shelters you in the
bosom of your best earthly friends. What
cause for thankfuness is here! As you en-,
joy each favor, think of the blessed Savior
through whose grace they are continued to
you.
Before l was as old as you now are, I had
begun to look at books of poetry. Well do I
remember the old volume of Cowper's task.
and the pictures Of lace kiDtters, and of poor
Kate. Even then l enjoyed, as you now may.
what this Christian poets says Of winter eve
ming pleasures. A thousand times have l
felt those pleasures increased BY the recloec-
| ton Of his lines:
Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,
Let fa.l the curtains; wheel the sofa round
And while tn e bmbbng and loud kissing nrn
Throws up staemy colmn, and the cups,
That cheer but inebriate, wait on each,
SO let US welcome peaceful evening in;
If you learn to love such evenings, and
to think the company Of parents, brothers, land
sisters the best company in the world, you will
have every day an amount of real pleasure
which is unknown to those who go to operas,
playhouscs, and crowded parties. You will
not, indeed, become a fashionable young lady,
but you will be wiser and happier than any
one was ever made by fashion. The study
of good books, and especially Of Gods inspir
for h hioh
will last all your life time, and will not grow
less when wealth, and youth and beauty, and
friends have departed.
Winter pleasures are not, however, conin
ed to the evening. They belong to morning
noon and night. In warmer seasons we go
out and learn more of nature and things
abroad; in winter we converse with dear
friends, with friends, with books, and with our
selves. Winter is the time for study. Try
to make it your entertainment. Determine
to improve your mind, and to constantly learn
ing something that you never knew before
Study with alacrity and cheerfulness, and
you will find it less injurious to your henlth
than to fret over your books. You will learn
faster, and be more agreeable to all about
you.
Your brothers will teach you many health
ful, innocent play, which will give you exer
else in bad weather without going cut But
you must not be so delicate as to house your
self merely because it is cold. There is moth
ing better for young lady than rapid walk
on the frozen ground W hen the air is cold and
bracing. When she returns, she feels bright
er all the rest of the day. ..
Make it one of your pleasures to remember
the poor in this cold season. 1t is the time
of their greatest want and suffering. Think
of the half naked children that might be cloth
ed with what you often waste. Your fingers
cannot be better employed than in working
for them. They will remember you for it ev-
en- after you have left the world. Do not for
get the case of that good Christian named
Dorcas, who lived and died at Joppa. She
was full of good works alms-deeds which she
did, And when the opposite Peter approach
ed her lifeless body laid out in an upper cham
Der, it was surrounded by widows, who stood
by weeping and showing the garments and
coats which Dorcas made while she was with
them Be ready to join in every charitable
work Of this kind which may be going on in
your neighborhood.
Print it on your mind, to be always remem-
bered, that one child may make home wretch
ed and that one child may do wonders to-
wards making home happy. Everything you
do to make your fathers house a house of or
der and peace, and comfort, is SO much done
for your parents, your brothers and sisters,
and friends.