American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-10-25
For the Lancaster American Gazette.
HOME!

4f HOMEy
How sweet and almost indescrib:ble are
the emotions which its mention calls up in
the bosom Of one who has ever enjoyed its
pure and holy pleasures. Who can forget
those with whom the sunny hours of child
hood were spent, the days which glided in
innocent sports and in bright dreams Of
the future? Who can forgeta fathers kind
ness, or cease to remember the tender love
ola mother whose hand cooled his burn
ing brow in sickness, and whose gentle
voice impressed upon his young mind the
duties Of life? Who. when forsaken by
false friends has not longed for the un-
changing affection Of brothers and sisters9
The sweetest Of all songs says ''tbere is
no place like home" These words are
very truthful when home is whatit should
be. when family is knit together by the
tenderest ties Of love and affection, when
every member is all kindness and gentle.
ness, when their feelings are refined and
their minds intelligent, and when most i'm
portant Of all. they have faith in that Di-
vine religion which animates to the dis
charge Of every duty in this life and opens
in the future a prospect ofimmortal happi'
ness. In such a family the joys Of one are
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made light by mutual sympathy.
"Tears arc not shed whom nOkls fortune frowns,
For sympathy makes disappointment swoo:,
Aud willing hoOrls with energetic minds, b.
VIII raiso again bright hopes OF brighter days"
The happicst home. however, must b
broken up sooner or later by death, or BY
those duties Of life which renders il neces
sary for children to leave their paterna
roofs. Those who thus 60 forth, general
ly soon erect new alter around which they
soon assemble family oftheir own. Al
though the ones composing this new circle
are as dear to him who stands at the head
Of it as ever the members of the old one
were; the new claims upon his affections
will never cause him 10 remember les
fondly the home Of his youth. '- }H '.'
A characteristic of Christianity whicl
as much as any other distinguishes it from
every other system ofrelgion is the sacred
ness which it gives to the family. Tn,
Bible by teaching the holy and solemn ma
ture OF the marriage relation has made tn
homes of christians unlike all others.
is doubtful whether amid all tho civilization
Of ancient times, amid oil the reGnemen
Of Greece and Rome, one real home coult
have found one circle enjoying the pur,
and exalted pleasures which Christianit,
has now difused through millions Of tami
lies. +"
In republic the character Of the home
Of the citizens determines the characte
and destiny Of the country. 1t is ther
! that those who are in future to govern tn
State receive tho education which make
. them either good or bad citizens. For thi
reason We earnestly beseech you reader:
, to carefully consider whether your home
are what they should be. Do you retur
r to them with joy when the labors Of tn
$ day are ended? Are you there inspire
' with firm determinations 10 discharge faitl
9 fully all the great duties you owe to tn
Q world? II you have children, are the il
= Guences by which they are surrounded I
n home, such as will properly prepare thel
y to enter upon the discharge Of the duti,
& resting upon them as American citizens?
o These are certainly questions Of gre
practical importance. II there are any
l. our readers who cannot answer them in Il
'e affirmative, they ought Immediately to tai
= steps towards reform, which would
,r equally promotive of the prosperity Of Il
d republic, and Of their own happiness.
is our glorious republican institution are to
le perpetuated, the HOMES Of the nation mu
le DO made the abodes of intelligence and r
ID ligion. THETA.