Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-02-11


though one may come out in front Of il and
swing the red Gag Of danger or the lantern Of
Gods word. Il makes just ons shot into perdi-
ton, coming down the emb&nkment with
shout and vail and shriek-crAsh, crashi
There are two classes Of people sure Of de-
struction: frst those who have nothing 70 do;
secondly, those who have something 10 do, but
are too lazy or too proud 10 do IL A -
have one more word Of advice 10 give 10
those who would have happy home, and that
is: let love preside in IL When your behavior
inthe domestic circle becomes mere matter
of calculation; when the caress you give 10
merely the result Of deliberate study Of the
position you occupy, happiness lies stark dead
on the hearthstone When the husbands
position as head Of the household is maintained
by loudness of voice, by strength Of arm, BY
fire Of temper, the republic of domestic bliss
has become despotism that neither God nor
man will abide. OIL ye who promised TO love
each other at the altar, how dare you commit
perjury? Let no shadow Of suspicion come on
your affection II is easier TO kill that flower
than it is TO make it live again. The blast from
hell that puts out that light leaves you in the
DihChucbS VI uaIhutbb IOftNof.
Here are man and wife; they agree in moth
ing else, but they agree they will have home
They will have 6 splendid house and they think
taat if they have house they will have home.
Architects make the plan, and the mechanics
execute it; the house to cost 100000 II ID
done. The carpets are spread; lights are
hoisted; curtains are hung; cards Of invitation
sent out The horses in old-plated harness
prance at the gate; guests come in and take
their places; the flute sounds; the dancers go
up and down, and with one grand whiri the wealth
and the fashion and the mirth of the great town
wheel amidst the pictured walls. Ha! this is
happiness. Float it on the smoking viands;
sound it in the music; whirl it in the dance;
cast il on the snow of sculpture; sound it up
the brilliant stairway: flash it in chandeliers!
Happiness, indeed! Let us build on the center
of the parlor floor throne to happiness; let
all the guests, when coming in, bring their
flowers and pearls and diamonds and throw
them on this pyramid, and let ii be throne,
and then let Happiness, the queen, mount the
throne, and we will stand around, and, all
chalices lifted, we will say: Drink, o queen!
live forever" But the guests depart, the
flutes are breathless, and the last clash Of the
impatient hoofs is heard in the distance, and
the twain Of the household come back to see
the queen of happiness on the throne amidst
the parlor floor But alas! as they come back
the flowers have faded, the sweet odors have
become the smell of charnel- el-house, and in
stead of the queen of happiness there sits there
the gaunt form of anguish, with bitten lip and
n ahao sx,h hair Tl,a
Of the dancers who have left seems rumbling
yet, like jarring thunders that quake the floor
and rattle the glasses of the feast, rim to rim.
The spilled wine on the floor turns into blood.
The wreaths of plush have become wriggling
reptiles Terrors catch, tangled in the canopy
that overhangs the couch. A strong gust Of
wind comes through the hal, and the drawing
room and the bed-char in which all the
lights go out And from - of the wine
beakers come the words: piness is not in
us!" And the arches resp , 1T is not in us!"
And the silenced inst o, ,nts Of music,
thrummed on by invisiL fingers, answer,
Happiness is not in usi" ii the frozen lips
of Anguish break open, aid, seated on the
throne Of wilted flowers, sh strikes her bony
hands together and groans, ct is not in me!'
That very night clerk with salary Of q
thousand dollars year-only one thousand
goes to his home, set up three months ago,
just after the marriage day. Love meets him OF
the door; love sits with him at the table; love
talks over the work of the day; love takes
down the Bible, and reads of Him who came
our soul to save; and they kneel, and while
they are kneeling right in that plain room, on
that plain carpet-the angels of God build Q
throne, not out of flowers that perish and fade
away, but out of garlands of heaven, wreath
on top of wreath, amaranth on amaranth
until the throne is done. Then the harps
of God sounded, and suddenly there ap-
peared one who mounted the throne, with
eye SO bright and brow SO fair that the
twain knew it was Christian love. And
they knelt at the throne, and putting one hand
on each head she blessed them, and said,
Happiness is with mel" And that throne Of
celestial bloom withered not with the passing
years; and the queen left not the throne till one
day the married pair felt stricken in years
felt themselves called away, and knew not
which way to go, and the queen bounded from
the throne and said: sFollow me, and will
show you the way up to the realm of everlast-
ing love" And so they went up to sing songs
Of love, and walk on pavements of love, and
to live together in mansions of love, and to re-
joice fosever in the truth that God is love-