Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-11-27

tween a man in bed and man in cof-
fin.
And yet, such is the power of the heart
to redeem the animal life, and clothe all
rude and d'uncomely things with it sown Leaf
bearing branches, that there is nothing
more exquisitely refined and pure and beau
tiful than the chamber of the house in the
house. Sleep-it has spouted up with all
the flowers of poets! The couch. From
the day that the bride sanctifies it to the
day that the aged mother is borne from it,
it stands clothed with dignity and beauty.
Cursed be the tongue that dare speak evil
Of the household bed. BY its side oscil-
late the cradle--not far from it is the crib.
In this sacred precinct, the mothers cham
Der, lies the heart of the family Here the
child learns its prayer. Hither night by
night angels troop. 1t is the Holy Of Ho-
lies.
". The KITCHEN. Let us not see in
this the mere mandatory of cakes and
pottage. LIE; it stand as it is, as The SYM
bol Of charitable hospitality-as the room
for the service of the superior to the inferior.
The law of God is, that they who are supe-
rior in endowment and position, should so
generously serve those that are inferior,
that for very love and gratitude they in
turn should run TO serve the wants of the
superior. Selishness has corrupted all
this Love will vet restore it. The old
Kitchen. Its ample hearth never cools
from January to January. Nor should it
-symbolizing as it doth, kindness, bene-
faction, shelter, support.
Here not only are the family fed but
hither come the poor; the unhoused and
unfricnded find rest; the hungry are FED !;
the wanderer, upon good errands or upon
none. the poor added vagrant, the BRAIN
shattered innocent, the song-singing, story
telling Do-Nothing all find the kitchen
better than palace. And children, who
love heart and familiarity better than state
and solemn circumstance of ostentatious
repectabilitv, throng to the kicthen. In
after days We think of it-not with hun
gry thought and eating memories. No.
That kitchen brings back to my mind the
great fireplace, where, through long Win
Ter nights, l saw more wonderful pictures
and pyrotechnics in falling Goals, flashing
brands, trooping sparks, than ever Castle
Garden attempted to show-the great
sehee, the scenes of roaring ninth, when
after apple-paring the whole family forgot
distinctions, and the parents were all chill
dren, and the servants were all children,
too: and maid and hired man, child and
mother, ran the screaming rounds of blind
mans buff THAT never are blind, in scream
ing confusion, and Order goes up chimney
and Revel, hand in hand with love and
purity, leads on the night.
Blessed be the kitchen-not for its roast
ing,iack or glorious oven-though these are
not to be lightly spoken of on sucha day as
this-but its broad and willing hospitality
for its ready and transformations charity
for its democratic qualities. For the
kitchen is the only place in the house where
all the household are upon a level, and
where, love being the agrarian, forms and
observances, ranks and differences are swept
away without offence and without wrong
or injury.
V. But no house is complete without
two pieces of furniture-the cradle and the
old armchair. No house is full that hath
not in it babe and grandfather or grand
mother. Life becomes more radient and
perfect when its two extremes keep along
with it. The two loves which watch the
o,oIIo ,,1 .or,-o 41,o obo;r oro opo Put
how different in all their openings and ac
tions. To the child the heart turns with
mere tenderness of love. To the aged pa
rent, love is borne upon service of rev
erence. Through the child you look for
through the parent you look back
ward. In the child you see hope, joys to
come, brave ambition, and fife yet be
drawn forth in all its many-sided experien-
ces. Through the silver-haired parent, you
behold the past, life done, its scenes en-
acted, its histories registered.
If God calls you to. follow your child 10
the grave ere it has ceased 10 be child,
you send it to heaven that God may rear
it for you, saying, Take it, Oh Father, too
soon snatched away, and keep it; and
keep me till the WEAKNESS of life is ended
and l go too.
But when the parent goes, ripe in years,
his life blameless, his fruit gathered and
garnered, we give his form to the earth,
saying with gratitude, God be thanked
that he hath so long lived and so well;
and God be thanked that he hath now de-
parted. Go, my mother, to thy rest, and
be sure that / will follow hard after thee
and soon overtake thee. The speaker then
made two points of application, enioining
remembrance of the poor, the homeless
and theoppressed.