Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-11-12
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH.



O how sweet word is Home Children who
love home, and seek their pleasures there, very
seldom 90 astray It is Christianity that has
made home what it is and without religion
half its charm is absent.
No matter how dark and cold it is without,
all is light and warmth within. The storm may
rage, and sleet rattle against the walls, but
Providence shelters you in the bosom OF your
very best earthly friends. What cause for
thankfulness is here! AS you enjoy each favor,
think Of the blessed Saviour through whose
grace they arc continued TO you.
Before | was as old as you now are, had
begun to look at books of poetry Well do re-
member the old volume of Cowper's Task, and
the pictures of the lace -knittcrs, and of poor
Kate. Even then enjoyed, as you now may,
what this Christian poet says of winter evening
pleasures And a thousand times have felt
these pleasures increased by the recollection Of
his lines:
Now stir the fro, and close tho shutters fast,
Let fall the curtains whocl tho sofa round
And while the bubbling and loud Kissing
Throws up steamy column, and the cups,
That cheer but not inebriate, wait each,
60 let us welcome peaceful evening in,
If you learn to love such evenings and to
think the company OF parents, brothers, and sls-
ters the beet company in the world, you win
have every day an amount of roai pleasure
which is unknown to those who 90 to operas
play houses, and crowded parties You will
not, indeed, become u 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 inspired
word, will lay foundation for Joys which will
last all your lifetime, and which will not grow
less when wealth, and youth, and beauty, and
friends, have departed.
| Winter pleasures are not, however, confined
to the evening They belong to morning, noon,
and night In warmer seasons VIC 20 out and
learn more Of nature aud things abroad in
winter we converse with dear friends, with
books, and with ourselves Winter is the time
for study. Try to make it your entertainment
Determine to improve your mind and to be
constantly learning something that you never
knew before Study with alacrity and cheer
fulness, and you will find it less injurious to
| your health than 10 fret over your books. You
will learn faster aud be more agreeable to al
around you
| Your brothers will teach you many health
ful innocent play which will give you exercise
in bad weather, without going out. But you
must not become 50 delicate as to house your
self merely because it is cold There is nothing
better for young lady than rapid walk on
the frozen ground, when the air is cold and
bracing. When she returns from it, she feels
lighter and brighter all the vest 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 halfnaked children who might be clothed
with what you often waste. Your fingers can
not be better employed than in working for
them They will remember you for it perhaps
even after you have left the world. Do.not for
get the case Of that good Christian, named Dor
cas-, who lived and died at Joppa. "Sho was
| full Of good works and alms-deeds which she
did, And when the apostle 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 DO always remem-
bered, that one child may make home wretched,
and that one child may do wonders towards
making home happy. Everything you do to
make your fathers house a house Of order and
peace, and comfort, is 50 much done for your
parents, your brothers and sisters, and your
friends