The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-04-07

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And we have been thinking Of moth
ers who care more for dress, gossip,
scandal, ease, novel reading, and o.
street show than little babies Of moth
ers who are In good health, but too
fashionable to take care Of their own
children Or mothers who ARE dissi.
pated and Cling their blood with pois.
on to give as leyacies ordise.se to 9th
er little babies, which TO them in time
may come il the laws of God and life
be observed. Oithc women who have
nice babies, and love them. 0 so dear
ly, just as we pray their little one may
ever love them. or The poor women
who drag their love, their life, thcil
bodies out Of shape and into the grave
bearing babies only to please lazy
selfish husband, who devo,es his encr.
gies to raising children to support him
in his declining years, as one woulo
buy o horse to do his work.
And we have been thinking Of the
poor women who love their babies bat
who cannot dress thela even decentv
who have no loving husbands To care
for them, and who, with heavy hearts,
sigh, ard wish, and wonder if their
children ever will look nice and be OF
use in life. And We have been looking
back over the lie OF the m6ther we
talked with on the cars.
A happy girl. Married to an hon
cst-hearted man. Not q scion Of snob-
bish artist ocracy, living on the labor Of
others but Il young working man. Join
ed together by God in love. Their
lives in unison. And thus they be4at
q child, No fear, sorrow, rcmolse.
terror, dread, nervousness and doubt
ofhim, his love, devotion, virtue, hon
esty or ability to care for hel and theirs
--no cross, cold, unkind, heart-cultng
words to a6ect the unborn as nature
molds natures! No petulant, uncaring
days Of neglect and abuse. And 50
they lived. And 50 baby came. And
SO it is good-natured, bright. happy
and so it will make others for the line
of given love loses not BY the
wayside, but extends from conception
to dissolution, and even into the Land
of the Leal. rs thread left by the shut,
tie, whose hther and yon weavcs the
fabric to patterns AS we direct! A hap
py woman. A happy wife! A happy
mother! \ kind husband. A noble
man A common lahorer! One OF
Gods monarclis, who willreign in the
hereafter, and help by their deeds here
and work there Him who was and is
the 81 leatcst laborer Of all.
A brave, true, home.loving man. He
spends not in dissipation. He romps
with his baby. He reads to his wife.
He enjoys hone games. He is not
ashamed to love and to be loved. He
is fairly w6rshipped by her who cares
for the baby and for him as he cares
for them. He dare be Il man. He
dare save lis earnings, his honor--hs
manhcod--his life! God love him
and all surh--yes, God love all who
do not love their home one5--who do
not love themselves, but who throw
their lives away---their powers to do
good forgetting, and who live to ne
purpose except to labor to cnro'i the
dealers in dissipation, or the slave
holding aristocrat.
And we have been thinking how a
woman will and does love such man
-one who loves her, her home. her
little ones. How proud she is of him.
How strong in his love. How protect
Ing in her love. How sweet her life is
to him. And this is liIe--as God
wished and intended we should enjoy
AS we would but for our dissipation
and intolcrant bigotry.
Perhaps some Of those who read
this are too di9nifcd to play with ba--
hics! Too proud to unbenJ--too cow
ardly to follow their better natures. IL
so, we pity them. May God give them
kinder hearts, but not take from them
their babies---theiI darlings-befOre
comes to them another and a better
Saturday Night.-"BRIcK" PoMERoY.