New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-25
HRPPY HOMES. ,

HRPPY HOMES
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| Edward Everett Hale preached in the Church
of the Messiah in Parzaye yesterday morning ON the
subject of p" Happy Homes" The text was from Luke
H., II He down with them, and came TO Naza-
| rein. aud was subject unto them"
or hundred novels said the speaker tracing the for
tunes young life, ninety mine end in the establish
ment OF happy home Hunted up and down, through
thousand dangers, young happy husband and bis
young happy wife look their last on the reader as they
open the door which Is to admit them into
the untold blessings OF happy home. Thus
precisely does the novel show what is the chief
aud central work and duty OF llfe-the creation OF
happy home ErsSnc's definition was " They VIII tell
you OF this that detail, but at bottom, the reason
form government aud the OBJECT FOR when govern
ment Is TO be sustained that may live In happy
homes" The prodiga after his wahderlngs returns
home We should find place for more thorough study as
to the duty making homes and maintaining them, so
that may show the kingdom OF God on earth most
distinctly and often. While you spend years OF
boys life In teaching him smatterng Of the dead Ian
gua0es might you not occupy his mind with thoughts
and his life with habits which would tend TO make for
him happy home when he shall be mani Persons
VINO spend their time show that women ought not TO
have the suffrage say that 1t Is womans business 10
mako home happy. SO it is. But it Is just as much
mans business To both it by far the most important
business they have in hand. Special political duties
i
shops the bench nothing compared with the
duty and success making home bright and happy as
| the very kingdom of the living God.
There are many tendencies of modern life which turn
persons away their duties In regard to home The
indiydualzng folly OF timehe pretence that man
is to live for himself alOnehurts home. Aud opposite
to this, all theories OF communism and socialism which
want to refO the human masse discourage the
simple and matter-offact people who find heaven near
the comforts OF their OWE fresde. The indiYid-
ualzing tendency may be illustrated by the boy VINO
leaves his cheerful country home TO take up his life
work in the great city He be at the Office from
IN the morning until In the afternoon He has per-
haps seven hours of leisure time, In which TO
read to 90 to the theatre, ETC. When this thought
| ful, conscientious boy has to try hard to per-
suade himself that this lonely enjoyment OF
entertainment provided by method and rote
| for him makes up good time as comes
without being provided by the great open fireplace at
home, then that he is learning that man lives
for himself and no dies for himself He is learning
the folly of mere self In any form. He then tries to re-
produce home within the walls Of his lOdgingroom.
Anthony TrOll0pe says that those people rate high
among the practical saints who willing to welcome
such eed boys lost the wilderness OF London, TO the
privilege Of evening visit in cheerful London
home And he says that father mother sending boy
exile may well bless and pray for the saints In
the simplest London home who VIII give such a well
come to their child. That's an illustration of the dan
gers the modern habits OF life in separating boys aud
| girls and even men and women from the homes In
which they belong. 1t is impossible to oyerstate that
| danger. A greater danger comes In our passion
| 10 DO things on the large scale. We are really
| tempted TO think just railroads carry
| freight and packages better than man on
| horseback, we can make great organizations do
the work OF home better than the father tne mother
| munst ferment founded by Robert owen famous.
owen and Dr. Pestaozz took care Of the children
through their system OF infant schools Robert owen
kUna lAsfGa his
that long before this every baby I'm ChristendOm would
he taken from mother by law and educated IN his
system infant schools Fortunately these plans
! SO absurd as to be their own Immediate ruin
The tendency TO do things on large scale still
exists public school system, because 1t IS large, is
asked to accept and discharge duties which belong at
children in good Manners but the home is disgraced
which has sent 70 chGFe Ro 10 school I'm
they learned at home 100 years ago. Colleges
be taught how to make bread how TO brol steak ana
even how amuse a child and how to set table. As
II there place where girl could learn any such
timing nearly Well she could If she chose under the
humblest roof In America. For substantial amusement
| ike home In the Swiss system of matchmaking the
workman does his part at home and the parts made in
the American system the workman and the workwoman
the shop to work leaving their children to the
chances OF the district sonOOl The American
may prove the best watches but tne swiss system
sans were scattered throughout the city, living ne T
their shops but that NapoeOns avenues and oOuevards
drove from homes aud forced them To hudde
together and such crOwding due the excuses OF
the Commune. From such facts. wherever found, such
A result must follow. have no doubt that the greatest
political question Of all Will be decided by reference d-
rect TO the home
our American experiment in cOnceding the suffrage
every man over tWentyone has not been remark
ably successful do not believe the suffrage is
doIed out by property as II used to be IN Engand
The belongs to those who have vital interest IN
the preservation the social organic life of the state
II belongs people who have established homes, and
it n nv belief that to homestead suffrage the free
nations OF the world will ultimately Children
should be trained that at fifteen they Will love home
better than any other place Our amusements should
be not to separate father from mother child
rem from pnrents Children should hud in their parents
their companions from whom they have secrets.
Fathers mothers should make home glad, cheerful
and beautiful The original trinity Is the sacred trinity
of the iaiher the mother, and the child. In the last
interview OF the lylOur with the twelve at the
" hen he drew furthest the vail which separates this
world from the other. he dd so by saying In my
Fathers house many homes" Heaven when we
pass from earth will be life OF homes. We need not
wait TIL die cutter that Heaven. The Kingdom OF
Heaven Is at hand wherever fatl and hope and love
combine is Heaven.