St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-25

"Our inheritance is turned to strang-
ers, and our houses to aliens ~
| The value of the home is above
price. 1t is older than the church.
1t has the children six days, the church
one. 1t is stronger in its power and
| influence. There is no Calamity so
great to the nation as this loss of home.
The sixth enemy to the home is di-
vOrce. Lax divorce laws are an evil to
the home life. l will get married on
the fancy of an hour. If | don't like
it, can get divorce and get out of
4 it. Divorce ignores the law of God.
1t lowers the moral tone. 1t makes
marriage business partnership. 1t
degrades the holy sanctity of marriage.
1t makes the home camp, and the
children like sheep without shepherd.
1t takes away the dewey bloom from
the rose tree, and leaves the thorn.
The increase of this evil of divorce is
advantageous couple out of twelve in
some states, and in others, even one in
seven. Divorce cures no sorrow. 1t
only aggravates it. Divorce makes
nothing better, as a rule, but every
thing worse.
The drive of business is another enc
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money to meet growing expenses. So
the husband delves abroad, and the
wife delves at home. And when he
gets enough, instead of moderation and
home-life, enjoying the family, he
drives harder and is at home less. He
lives then in order to make more mon
ey, and not to care for the family. 1t
is like John Gilpin; when his steed
got under way, he gallOped on, and left
the family behind, in his steeple- chase:
His wife she dined at Edmonton
| And he rode on to Ware.
So, often, husbands and fathers do
under the pressure of business. They
go on as slaves under the tyranny of
store or factory or shop. 1t would be "a
thousand times better to have less
money in the house, and more hus-
band and father there. Live joyfully
with the wife whom thou lowest, all
the days of thy life. Not apart from
her all the days. Walk together.
Build your nest, your home, together,
as the birds do. 1t is IA better way,
and happier, and God will add his
blessing, as he cannot in any other
way. 1t is not good that man should
be alone, but many are less with their
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WILL" God said, "make help meet for
man." but woman can not be Il ''help-
meet" in the best sense till he has a
home. Male and female made he
them, and blessed them in their joint
union in their mutual assistance and
hepfulness 1t is the marriage rela-
ton in the home, surrounded with
children, that receives the highest at
tentiOn from God.
Money does not make home. The
impression is, If had money what a
splendid home | could have. No great
or mistake. A husband and wife come
together, aud in love and service fill
ont the fulness of their destiny. As
diamond dust is the richest polish, SO,
in such home, the bright jewels of
character are FURNISHED and transmit
ted. The family creates the home, not
money. Homes are the outcome of
culture and taste and interior beauty.
They can't be made by architects and
hard cash.
The reign of pleasure and fashion is
often drastic and killing to the home.
1t empties and fOrsakes it. The child
is given to the nurse to exercise and
dress and rear. The husband is crazed
in his drive of business. The wife is
swift and dizzy in pursuit of amuse-
ments, studying style and fashion
plates. The home is reduced to its
lowest quantity. There is brass for
silver, and iron for gold. The charm
of home is vanished, and its beauty
gone Chicago Advance.