The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-07-31

To very, very little keys
And don't forget that two are these
THANK You, sir, and If you please.
IAUduINd CHILDREN. Give me the
boy or girl who smiles as soon rs the
first rays of the morning sun glance in
through the window, gay, happy, and
kind Such boy will be fit to "makC
up" into u man. ut least when contras-
| ted with sullen, morose, Grabbed fell
low, who snaps and snarIs like surIy
cur, or growls and grunts like an I'm.
tanned hyena, from the moment hc
opens his angry eyes, till he is icon.
fronted by his breakfast. Such Il
girl, other things being favorable, will
be good material to aid in gladdcniug
some comfortable home, or to refine,
cvii2e, tame and humani2e rude
brother, making him gentle affection
ate and lovablc. 1t is feast to even
look at such 4 joy inspiring girl, such a
woman girl, and see the smiles flowing,
so to speak, from the parted lips, dis
playing n set of clean, wcll-brushcl
teeth, looking almost the pcrsonifca
ton of beauty and goodness; singing,
ana rs merry rs the birds, the wide
awake birds, that commenced their
morning concert long before the lazy
boys dreamed that the sun was mp
proaching, and about to pour Il whole
flood of light and warmth upon the
earth. Such a girl is like gentle
shower to the parchcd earth, bcstowing
kind words, sweet smiles, and acts Of
mercy to all around her, the joy aud
light Of the household
Power or LoyE.-Ecro is little
story which illustrates the great power
of love. Akind christian lady, in one
Of her visits Of charity, found a poor,
destitute little orphan girl, and brought
her to her own house. The little stran-
ger, at first, would take no comfort
but sat down; weeping, in the hall.
The children of the house cudravorcd
to make friends with her, and draw her
into the parlor, but they could not ;
and SO they said to their mother "Shc
will not come and play with MS; she
will not leave the hail." "Ihcrc is It
secret, said the lady, "by which you
can bring her where you like. II is It
secret in four letters. Try if you can
find il out" The eldest, taking the
lead, searched eagerly among her pret-
tiest playthings. 81 know what it is,
cried she it is doll" SO she brought
her best doll, and offered to give it to
the childif she would come into the
parlor. No; it was failure. The
next in age said to herself, "Mulf is
spelled with four letters ;" and brought
her fine muiI, IL christmas present !;
but she would not touch the muif, nor
even look at it. Grace, the youngest,
could think Of nothing worth Offering
after this, but stood looking ON in sor-
row, until, at length, following an in
stinct of her own, she sat down beside
the stranger and cried, too. Then, pre-
sently, she took her by the hand, and
cncircling her neck with her own tiny
arm, she drew the weeping head softly
nearer and nearer, and imprinted a gem
tie kiss upon her cheek. This decided
the battle. There was nothing said,
but Grace soon led the way into the
parlor holding her captive by the hand.
"Well, girls, said the mother, "Grace
has fornd out the secret, and the four
letters are l-o-v-e. Love is the strong
est rope in the world. Even God will
follow when you draw with that. All!
yes, love is a great power. 1t draws all
things to itself. 1t drew the Son of
God down to earth to die for us; and
is able to draw him down again, any
day and every day, to dwell with us in
our hearts. II will draw down bless
ings on our laDors. II will draw an
swcrs to all our prayers. .-hiHd llordS.
MAKE A PLAY-RooM FOR THE CHlL-
DREN.-Wo want to beg of the mothers
to make some provision for their chill
dren's amusement, not in the way of
costly toys, but by giving them place
to play. 1t saves time and trouble, II
saves your own and your children's
temper In many families play-room
could be given TO the children with very
| little Inconvenience. We know OF Il
family where little six by ten sewing
room, opening from the dining room, ls
vacated every winter when TIL cold
drives the boys from their basement
workshop. The carpet is taken up,
two barrels with board across them
makes Il workbench, dry goods box
is storing place for lumber, and al
old bureau is tool-chcst and deposito
ry for finished and unfinished jobs. 4
board slid across the bottom of tn
doorway keeps the shavings from bein
| dragged upon the dining-room .carpe
-onlc for patients rccover
or other sickness, it cannot
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