Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-11-03
Mother, Home and baken.


fffexides of our earlier Jgaarssoosr ~eSsectedt
with her. We can hardly reaII any event
Of our childhood but which bFitgs with it
either her repro.ing glance or ! etcourag
ing smile. Nothing gave us md pain when
we had done some rash or thouhtless deed,
than the sight of her sad looA Many re-
proofs and lectures might have krdened our
hearts, whereas her troubled lol spoke 'yol-
umes,' and made "a lasting fpression.-
Then we resolved TO do nothirb 10 displease
her. Perfectly happy were vi when after
performing some act of self dlial, we met
her fond approving smil~ knd in later
years, when We are in doubt. whom do We
90 for counsel. but to orr mdler? For we
feel that she will never adlEe US wrongly
and if we follow her counsel will be hard
~ possible to err. In i~oyIeYer ready to
sympalhize, in sorrow to cofiort and console
rs. How strong and endurhg is the love of
q mother! Her heart is ratdy to break as
she sees her child torn fromher (y the grim
monster DEATH and borne to he tomb
Her anguish cannot be deserIbe4r Then
SIZE ieei5 that Bheg has nothing 81 - & for.
A son may be attacked by sonA coma
gious disease; his friends have all Brsakeli
him but one she, all forgetful oAAerSeIf.
stands ever near his couch to admioker the
cooling draught and battle the heath brow.
Fearless and ~undaunted, she is whi6o to
face death, if by 50 doing he may ID spared
TO her. Who would do this but another?
He may become degraded and scoried by
the world, and he would be left slane. the
most wretched being in the univerA but for
one to whom he can fly; she is ever ready
to receive him. No sacrifice is too GREAT #
it would win him back to the path az yirtna.
and cause him to become a man.
What a blessing, then, is a good mother
How much we W to her. Every nassion
that we have subdued, every virtue that wp
possess, we must attribute to her watchfnl-
ness and care. Think you we can repay
her? 1t is a debt that were we to live =
hundred years We would never cancel.
In th5foTmation oNQnr chance. Whether
I good or evil, outward cir69oS
painful Influence. IN early cfrrrer-ly ,aTe
mind IS more susceptible than when more
! advanced in years. Therefore the first i'm.
Presslons the mind receives, indelibly re-
man. An aged person remembers every
act OF his childhood. but the occurrences 8
Yesterday passed from his mind as soon a;
/ they happened. We formed in youth
, great measure Of our characters ia The ho
som OF home, and with kind parents to oui3t
our unwary steps. Although q son ma,
rove far from his native land vet he will ney
! er forget his home. The remembrance O
the loved ones there will strengthen him t,
? 2 resist the voice of the siren. When tenn
tat!ons assail him, a voice soft and sweet. lik,
bis mothers, sounds in his ears. Her fond
implorIng glance rises before him, and h
6anishes the evil thought from his healh.-
lie thinks of home, recalls his father, mother
. nte~~ - T uo aos d't4 70 9E grlv7 ga taem a.
When one Of the family circle returns. At
ter q long absence, how j%oyfully he is gree
ted Then home seems dearer than ever t.
him. How pleasant are family gatherings
Let us imagine for a moment one of these
merry meetings Of kindred The fun-lovino
; Harry never ceases to joke the quiet anc
dignifed Herbert, who has come from The
city, upon the size of bis collar, the cut O
his coat, or his patent CATERS.
Harry wears lis collar a la Byron, anG
n~everspends a thought upon dress. Her
bert cannot say a word in defence of himself
while Harry, having the field entirely 70
himself, improves it much. to the amusedep,
of the others.
All seem to partake Of the UNIVERSAL ioy,
from the hoary-headed grand father, dom to
the little fellow with the haxen ringIets. the
I pet Of all. If there lisa paradise to be fund
on earth, It's in q home where all uuit to
promote each others happiness lilo
"ould look farther for pleasures. wJ,0, s,4h
pure enJoyments can be found in or homes
And IN these our earthly homd we mnst
oe n'''ng ourselves to enjoy heayfn,our final
home We are but children, PLACED here in
a sehoof Tor our culture and imprisonment
ne trlals and disappointments If life tend
70 a'sc,pllhe the heart, and brig US nearer
10 GOD. We are apt to repini at the dis
pehSatlons OF Providence. when by Them ia
are made to mourn. Yet think if va
could but realize the end GodFbas in v;am
we 5houid. feel differently. Some seem to
lhlnk the suferings we have here we're nav,
er intended by God for us. But in my OWN.
ION the heart of man would be more sal
and corrupt than it is now, if there pora
nothing to try him. Take, as an @instaoa, -
illustrate this. aehiId that has always been NJ,
ted and lndnIged, every wish has been op,'.
ned nothing has thwarted any desire. H.
Is the slave Of the most ungoyernabIe j.
SONS. No ope happy in bis presence.
ne IS not 50 hit4aeif. Yet by some he ! -
wed; those see only the surface Of tb;nT
Therefore trials and disappointsments e.
necessary to promote our intellectual aroanL
No cross on earth, no crown in heayen J.
Let US then cultivate those ~,irtues, tbat
may possess a heavenly spirit. Then
we hope for a crown in heaven r. inf1
llte De sweet and full Of Joy. And whom W.
Old adieu to the feeting ioys on ertb : ,' IN
be with the sweet consciousness 1of WIN
performed our duty and with thd firm, nsns
OF happiness in heaven, sweeter han n4Pg
can form conception Of.