The New York herald., 1876-01-24
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

HOME, AND WHAT CONSTITUTES ITS HAPP1-
NEss"-sERMoN OF REV. 7. DE WITT TALL
MAGE.
The Tabernacle was comfortably filed by the usual
attendants Of that place Of worship the forenoon
services yesterday Rev. T. De Witt Talmage preached,
taking for his text "Let them learn first to show pety
at homo"-L Timothy W 4. lfa man does not serve God
on small scale he will Him large SCALE
Fathfulness in small AFFAIRS is prophecy of faithful
ness in large anars. Homel Ask ten different for
a definition of that word and they will give you ten
different definitions To one man the suggestion OF
word love at the hearth plenty at the table,
industry at the workstand intelligence at the books
and devotion the altar In that house dscord
sounds its whoop, does deception trick with
her false face. 1t Is greeting at the door. II Is
smile at the chair. Peace lowering like wings. JOY
clappng Its hauds with laughter. Life is tranquil
lake. Plowed on the rpples sleep the shadows To
another the word 'homen suggests want looking
out OF the cherries grae-kneadng hunger in an
empty -four tray-the damp air shiverlng with
No Bible on the shelf Children robbers and murder
ers In preparation. Obscene songs their lullaby
Each face picture Of ruin with want In the back
ground and sin staring from the front No Sabbath
rolls over the door SILL Physical hunger and
death snawing the body. Spiritual hunger and death
gnawing the soul Awful place In the one case the
word significant Of all that is bright In the other 1t
conveys all that is dark.
Home is the most powerful test Of ones character
mans disposition IN public may be in gay costume,
while In private IL is in dshabile. Public life is often
very different thing from private life. Men Will
sometimes business life, all day long be courteous
and good natured, dammng back their rritablity and
their petulance and their discontent but at nghtul
the dam breaks and scolding pours forth
foods and frcshets. Private life is often public lie
turned wrong side out Such persons do not under
stand precept Of my text They do not show pety
at home In the home we show forth real charac-
ter Reputation IS only the shadow Of character and
small house will onentimes cast verv long shadow
There are men who do exhibit their bad temper
public for the simple that they do not want TO be
Knocked down. There those who are philan-
thropists public life who IN home life act the Nero
with respect 10 their slippers and their gown. II
makes pretensons 70 kindness and genteness In public
while there is In his heart be is making traudu-
lent and overIssue OF stocks and he Is unrtgheous
as bank with $780, coo $400, 900 Of bills IN circua
ton but no specie the safe II We do not exhibit
there Is no grace genuinencss OF charac-
ter In our soul, and our outward Plausi-
olty OF behavior only springs from iear OF the
world and the sny, putrid pool OF our own selfish
ness Home Is also a refuge. IL is tho tent we phch
TO rest in Children out to meet their fathers as
In the NarTows pilots take the hand OF ships The door
sill is the wharf where hcavy life is unaden. In the
home we may talk OF what have done without be-
ing charged with self adulatIon We may lounge with
out being thought uugraceful may express affection
without being thought silly. We may express
thoughts without being thought uncuitivaied The
grave 10 brighter and warmer than this world wthou
tent hom marching without harbor from the
storm God pity the poor, miserable wretch who has
guard The safety Of the state depends
upon tho character Of tho home Why
permanent
Why does vacillae from monarchy 20 republic
and then from republic back again monarchy She
has no home which 10 build. The Christian hearth
stone is the only foundation for A republic In tho
family virtues cultivated whi8h a necessity for
the slate and there be not enough principle TO
make the family adhere there cannot be enough polti
cal principle 10 make the state adhere No home no
tree institution. No home makes nation Gcths and
Vanda!s Confounded be all
THOSE MODERN
that propose TO overtop and destroy the family nstitu
ton Home Is a school, Deeds words and examples
ND ri tha
second edition iheir parents but the second edition
is not always an Improvement and correction Of
the nrst edition. Parents should then feei
their responsibility. The teachings OF religion
must be incucated the young by tho
home prayers and exercises Every parent with his
hand Is writing up the history OF his children, compos-
ing II into cong or painting IL with groan- Home is
the best estate m an can attain on this earth, whore
only pilgrims The reverend gentleman, IN conciu-
son prayed that hts bearers might ALL through their
fathfunexs and through the rich grace OF the
LoSc Jesus attain the rewards OF eternal happiness IN