New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-02

eHoe can nsyr D properly enjoyed Without = hfrpy
home :or Il IL theirs or grsstest pleasures are real
lied When Christ himself Wa dying the c-oss ne
gave proof Of how highly he valued hons when he
said TO biz beloved discipe pointing 20 his noilss-
"behod thy nolhsr,- and to her Behold thy son and
- John brought her to bis own home. where they
coHsoed each other by confirming their hopes in the
resurrection Of cur Lord Prom infancy to Old age
IRON youth to TIE last decay OF LIE in jog, pleasure
slei' sickness, success or disappointment glory or
dl'graoe. sui the influences Of home and ts impress
Sons are always With Us. Home Is peculiarly Eny-
Ash word and has more meaning than the Gsruaa
from which It is derived and il owes il chars-.er
chiefly 10 the influence OF the mother which Is in
sepsTable from II as air from wuter The Saxoas are
apt 70 snk the character o. the female under mile in
auence, recognizing, not the supremacy, but he
irieriorliy OF the weaker sex Woman ia the genius
Of home, but she Il 20 from the quiet tender.
transformations, and penetrating influence OF her
nature, ard not from mistaken or mis- placed authority.
&c tAe aLer belongs the providing for the family bus
nun her the chld SEEKS cOlsOlaton Ia biz rief or sor
rev" and ron her lips only Will il receive comfort By
her care implanted in tender minds the FIST principles
OF Eehsion morality and truth and such ia the power
tha SIZE thus ACQUIRES that French divine Justly OBJ
serves son will twice Doubt the wisdom Of his fsther
teiors ne vii orce doubt the wisdom OF his other
Inc genial preside makes the good citizen and the good
clzen the great nation. The lecturer then entered
EIutey INTO ttc economy OF hons and told how much
more comfortable the wife could make for the hus
band by not detailing him. with ar and tone of
ei3grn and made up importance. all her little annoy
snces, whether the kitten broke china or the baby
spoiled some article something else done serhsps
srfcienuy annoying in itself but made dOuby 50 BY
the manner in which It Is told. and often so dscusts
the nusbsnd Is 70 drive him beyond the reach Of his
VIE voice sud makes him a stranger 10 home In the
same manner the husband makes hOme miserable by
acting the brute and the tyran when everything done
that can be done 10 make home comfortable lie con.
sl1sred that great deal OF discomfort arose from az
tempt Cd the part Of females 10 wear certain a..
tcie which neither nature nor religion ever intended
they should, end although in some cases the female
might have higher intellectual faculties than the husband
that sun IN osientatous dipsy OF her infeOrty in this
respect 10 be avoided tyranny WAS oeuer exer
cised II families from cOnsCentOusness Of superiority
CT tic part OF tie male head in tins particular than from
confidence OF superiority He contended that hsppi
ness az home OH not consist in wealth for the man who
was lord OF vast possessions could crafty every desire
To usve where he pleased, was often rendered mis-
cradle by a belief that be had no friend and that
Il was MS wealth his dinner his wine and his in
influence that collected crowds around hun and
that be could calculate with certainty on no
friend nor was he sure Il the love of the Wit, of
his boom, and envied the poor mans lot who
helped with a few humble but sincere friends aud was
oersin OF the affections Of his wife who joined her fare
to his, not for his wealth and position but for his good
qualities, and her love for himself Both fa:her and
mother however were both bound 10 take Of the
do We see our youth ignorant in this country where
there "a such opportunities tor acquiring an education
his often proceeds from careles.ness in the father and
oVerweetlng affection In the mother; and If you ask
them why their son is uneduca,ed they will tell you
they sent him to the best school in the city and was
not their fault The first he left because the master re
qured he should be there too early the second desired
he should stay too late the third cross and on
but he len all the schools he TO for such very
good ana cOgent reason the above and left all without
having received any education at al Who that young
lad. fashionaby dressed walking down Broadway, |
iwiring cane between bis finger and thumb. Wen.
I your he meets older somewhat than himself
they shake hands and arm and ann proceed along At
length hey 80 into Restaurant-cal for dinner. [ |
bought such young dined at home but the fathers
business cOmpels him to dine down town and he does
not know. ask the Father how the afford this
md he answers that he only gives him nyc dollars
week but his Mother gives him what he wants Well
wait little lOnger-ycs, they call for Clampaime, he
has sreay become vine drinker. The Father enters
and instead OF modern youth being abashed al the
ght Of lis parent he walks up to him with q swagger
and asks FGlhCr 70 join himself and friend in glass Of
inc This true picture OF class-but il held
good for permitted in other ranks OF life.
The lecturer then went on 10 give instructions Of
low 10 children and the chief 10
encourage family parnes- Inusic-conyersatlons--
reading and games such chcfs and back
CANNON which were scientific and although he would
not 20 far say that oil the misfortune and
happiness in families arose from intcmperance, yet he
the larger number Of great crimesthc degra
dalton and debasement among the human race arose
from that accursed habit OF rum drinking, which none
that desire 10 have happy home would ever indulge
IN After some further observations tine happiness
Of home the lecturer concluded amid the applause OF
the meeting.
Mr.. C. h Deavsn, the Chairman of the Lecture Com
ttee then announced that this the last lecture of
lie course the Committee had not been able % pro
cure the others on whom they relied to hnsh the