The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-02-24
HOME.
HOME.
G comparatively few who have

There are comparatively few who have
IN adequate idea of home as an institution.
1t is recognised as house, containing con.
venient furniture-a place to eat, drink, and
sleep in but euch place is very far from
heing home. Home, properly regarded,
is the grand institution of social life. Like
all institutions, it has its external form aud
internal significance. 1t is the birthplace
of affections, the centre Of every genial in.
iluence; and in building up home, regard
should be had to all that can contribute to
its happiness and comfort. Home should
Ie happy place, II pleasant place. Much
can be done by making it as neat and Or
derly, ay, and as ornamental as possible
There should be home amuscments so that
one need not 60 far from home to seek en-
Joymcnt. There are homes, or places so
called, which have no attractive feature
abou: thcm-places in which no evening
Is to be spent, no leisure hour to bcguile !:
and it is from such homes that the young,
naturally enough, fly off to more genial
cline. But there are homes, and every
home should be of this description, which
exercise a charm possessed by no other
place on the face of the earth-homcs in
which the greatest pleasure and happiness
are found, and which yield in innocent re-
creation solid and a lasting good. How
much can books and good family newspa-
pers do to while away a winters night; how
pleas mt it is to cultivate vocal, or, it NAV
1e' instrumental music; how much JOY can
music and reading add to the family cir
Gle When the the days work is done,
what can be more cheerful, more consistent
than to find family gathered together,
finding in each others company delight
which no other company can give. six
things" says recent writer, are requisite
to create home Integrity must be the
architect, and tidiness the npholstercr. 1t
must be warmed by affection, and lighted
up ny checrfuness, and industry must be
the ventilator, renewing the atmosphere.
and bringing in fresh saIuLrity day by day
whilst over all, as a protecting canopy and
defending glory, nothing will suffice except
The blessing OF Cod" Indeed, to make a
home happy, industry and integrity are
essential qualities. No home can be happy
OF Which the members are conscious that
they have not fully earned the comforts by
which they are surrounded. But where
there is the consciousness that duties are
humbly discharged, that the good things
which add to its comfort are the legitimate
results of honest industry, the pleasure is
solid and satisfactory. TO make home
happy, man must be industrious and fru.
gaI, and woman thrifty and tidy. A slat.
tern, or an idler, could undo the best of
homes; bnt where there is honest labor on
the one hand, and honest thrift on the 9TH
err little money will 60 long way in
making comfortable home. One thing is
exceedingly important, namely sobricty.-
Nothing will make amends for the want of
that. Sobriety is an element that must not
be left out, for without that, industry will
lose its energy, frugality its forethought,
affection its tenderness, and home its Charm.
Sobriety has saved from ruin many home
and the want of it has destroyed still more.
New, as home is the place where we should
find our greatest Happiness, it is incumbent
ON us to see that we do all we can in our
several relationships to make it as happy
as we can. Have we done this 7 Are we
doing it? Is there nothing more VIC can
do?
For there are his heavens sweet
Both made Of love-one inconceiyablc
Even by the other, so inc it is
The other far on this side of the stars
BY men called Home.
Rcd, White and Blue.