The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-11

heir-aduianon. Tnefs 10 ms place
where we may lounge without being
thought ungraceful. There ia the place
whore We may express affection without
being thought silly. There IL the place
where We may forgot our annoyances and
eYasperations and troubles. Forlorn earth
pilgriml no home2 Then die. That Ia
better, The grave Ia brighter and grander
and more glorious than this world with no
tent from marohings, with no harbor from
the storm, with no place OF rest from this
scene OF greed and gouge and loss and
gain. God pity the man or the woman
who has no home ~
Further, remark, that homo Ia poltl-
oAl safeguard. The safety Of the State
must be built upon the safety Of tho homo.
Why cannot France come 10 placid re-
publioi Ever and anon there Ia threat Of
national capsize. France ~ q nation has
not the right kind of Christian home.
TIE Christian hearthstono Ia the only cor
nsr-ntone for q republic. The virtues oul-
tured In tho family circle are an absolute
necessity for the State. II there
bs not enough moral principle 10
make the family adhere, there will not bo
enough political principle 10 make the
Btate adhere. "No homeh means the Goths
and VandAla, means tho Romads OF Asia,
means the Numldeans OF Africa, changing
from place 10 place, according on the pas
ture happens 10 change Confounded be
all those Babels Of iniquity which would
overtower and destroy the home. The
Same storm which upaota the ship In which
the family sails will sink the frigato OF the
Constitution. Jai'a and pententiariea and
armies and nayiea are not our best defense.
The door OF the home ia the best fortress.
Household utensils are the best artillery,
and the chimneys OF our dwelling -houaea
are the grandeat monuments OF safety and
triumph. No home, no republic.
Further, remark, that home Ia q school.
Old grounds must be turned up with q sub
soil plow, and II must bo narrowed and re-
narrowed, and thon tho crop Will not bo 40
large on that Of the new ground, with loss
culture. Now, youth aud childhood are
new ground, aud all the influences thrown
over their heart and life will come up In after
life luIurlantly, Every time you have given
smile Of approbntion-al the good cheer
OF your life will come up again In the
goniality OF your children. And every
ebullition OF anger and every unoontrolla-
bio display Of indignation will bo fuel 10
their disposition twenty or thirty or forty
years from now--fuol FOR q bad ilro quar-
tor Of century from this. You praise tho
intelligence OF your child too much whom
you think he IL not aware OF II, and YOU
will aoe tho result OF II before ton yearB Of
ago In his annoying Aifectationa. You
praise his beauty, supponing ho Ia not large
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you will find him standing on a high chair
before a Hattoring mirror. Words and
doodn and examples are tho seed OF char
aoter, and children arc very apt 10 bo the
second edition OF their parents. Abraham
begat Isaac, 30 virtue 10 apt 10 10 down In
the ancestral lines; but Herod begat Arches
lAua, no iniquiiy 10 transmitted, WIS.
vast responsibility comes upon parents In
Wow Of thia subject
y, mako your homo tho brlghtest place
on earth, " you would charm your chi i''ren
10 the high path Of virtue and rootitude and
religion, DO not always turn tho blinds
tho wrong way. Lot the light which puts
gold ON tho gontian and spots the pNngy
pour into your dwellings, DO not expect
the little foct TO Keep stop 10 dead march.
Do not cover up your walls with such pic
lures Nc WoatH "DoOih on q Pale llorac,'
or linto otto's massacre of the Innoconta,'
Rather coyor thtm, Il you have pictures,
with "lhe Hawking Party, and "fho MIN
by tho Mountain Slreem,' and "fho Fox
Hunt" and "Tho Childfon Amid Flowers"
aud "'rho Harvest Sccno, and "Tho Satur-
day Night Marketing"
Got you no hint OF cheorfulneaa from
greauhOppcr'u leap, and lambs friak, and
quNil'a whistle, and gairul0uu alreamlot,
which from tho rock al tho mountain top
clear down 10 the meadow ferns under tho
shadow Of tho steep, comes looking for tho
ntoopcsl place 10 leap of nj, and talking
just 70 hoar itgolf talk II all tho ados
hurtled with tempest, and everlasting storm |
wandered over tho soa, and ovory mountain |
stream won't nving mad, frothing Ut tho |
mouth with mud foam, and there were |
nothing but aimoona blowing among tho |
hills, and thoro were neither larka carol |
nor humming. birds tiill, nor waterfalls
dash, but only bears bark, and panthor's |
scream, and VOLTS howl, thon you might |
well gather into your homes only the !
phadowa but whom God has strpwn the |
earth and heavens with beauty and with |
gladn0sp, lot ua take Into our homo oiroon |
all innocent hilarity, oil brightness and all |
good ohecr. A dark homo makce bal boys |
and bad GIRLS, In preparation for bad mon |
and bad women.
Above oil, my friends, iako into your
homo Christian principle. Can II DO that |
In any OF tho comfortable homes OF my !
congregation tho voice Of prayer IN noyor |
liftodi What No aupplioation at night |
for protection 2 What No Thanksgiving !
In tho morning for care How, my brother, |
my sister, will you anawor God In tho day |
OF judgment with reference 10 your chill |
dfon II In q plain question and therefore |
] aeh H. In tho tonth chapter OF Joromiah
God says ho will pour out hIa fury upon tho ,
families that call not upon hiu nomo. o =
paronte whom you arc dead and gone and
tho mosa IL covering tho inscription Of tho
tombstone, will your children look baok !
and think OF father and mother al family .
prayor3 win they take tho old family Bible
and open II aud 400 the mark OF toarn Of
oontrtion and toara Of ConaolInR promiao
wopt by oyoe long before gone out into
darl.ne W oh, " you do not inou'oato
Christian principle in tho hoarts OF your
ohldron, and you do not warn them aqanat
OWL, and you do not Invite lhom into
bolinoaa aud 10 God, aud thoy wander OF
into diaaipatlon aud into inAdolily, and al
last mako ahipwrock Of their immortal noui,
on their death bod and r ihoir day OF judQ.
mont they will ouroo y,, Seated by the
rcgistor or tho stove, what n ON tho wall
should come out tho history Of your chill. |
dronH What n history mortal and i'm.
mortal lifc OF your loved oncsl Every
parent IL writing tho history OF his ohild.
lie 10 writing II, composing II into song
or turning II Into . groan.
My mind runa back 10 ono Of tho best Of
oarly homou Prayer, like roof, over IL
Poaoo, liko an atmosphere, IN Il. Parents,
ptreonihcationa Of faith In trial and com.
fort In darknoes. The two pIllaro OF thai
earthly homo long ago orunbcd 10 duat.
,,ut snail over forget that carly honor
Yoe, when the 1owor forgotp tho sun that
warns H. Yos, whom tho mariner forpots
tho star that guided him, Yes, when loyo
has gono out on tho hoart'a altar and