The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-12-12
Home Influences.

What a depth of meaning in the very
words home influences. And vet, are all
parents, mothers especially, striving their
best to make home the bright, sunny spot
they might Using those sweet gentle in
fuences true women may and can to make
their homes attractive!
We fear not In majority of cases the
world and its absorbing pleasures; receiving
ana returning calls; attending parties or
preparing for them-theSe, and other ap-
parenty innocent ways of passing time
among the wealthy, engrosS the whole mind
while their homes elegant though they NAV
be, are so rarely made bright and genial
by the sweet motherly presence that
they create TO the young repellant
atmosphere. The baby and little ones are
lett IN the nursery to be amused hy the
nurse, while those a little older sometimes
wander aimlessly about between nursery and
parlor, library, and their own rooms, seeking
Tor SOME amusement or companionship be-
sides their own. The sons who are thus left
Independently to come and 60 as they please
soon learn to seek the club and other places
or resort, TO pass social evening.
Can we wonder that from this first step in
the wrong direction, away from home in the
evening, others quickly followi A glass Of
WINE FOR good fellowship. or a game of cards
TO pass time are INDUCED in Then come late
hours and a craving for stimulants a desire
TO try ones luck at winning n little some
thlng at cards, faro etc, and the stems
6downwards, after this, are oftentmes start
lngly rapid
But among all the evils which asssil the
young seeking pleasure away from home in
temperance is the greatest, ana leads through
a weakened and debauched mind to almost
any step of degradation, in rich and poor
alike. To stem this evil we should steadily
and persistently work until the great foe TO
mankind is laid low, or its power for evil
ieSsened. And where can this be more ef.
fectually done than around the hearth Stone
nOmnf mi hor x-,,,,1I In.
that 1t is the sweet, gentle home-in1uences
winch may save their sons from perdition
Even though tie temptations of the world
may, in after years, draw your loved ones
!hco1ts sinful vortex, word, a mere look Of
interest and pity. trom stranger, will some.
times vividly recall the past-mother. home,
and love, and they are saved. Let not your
sons then so forth without any Of these sweet
hallowed associations. But now, in their
babyhood their early youth, do all you can
TO lnstill right principles into their plastic
minds And let not these principles be on
forced as maxims for their worldly good, or
IN sterng' harsh teachings, line upon line and
precept upon precspt; for instead Of thus
winning the obedience of your children YOU
may disgust or weary them bv oft repeated
trite sayings-repel and drive them from YOU
and from their homes to find pleasure else.
where
No, indeed rather let your teachings be
gently and lovingly impaired. Make home
VI AZ ~ anu Cileely, set before them n good
example yourself and then hold forth to them
a high standard to aim at, that it NAV en-.
noble their lives and make of them true men
ana worthy citizens; best of all, pure-minded
earnest Christians Then NAV we hone TO
see better class of men among us; men bet.
ter fitted for our public Offices and places of
trust. Then, too, greater thrust will be
given to the drinking saloons and gambling
halls, or hells, as they are sometimes more
strongly named. And surely some of these
denS tr OF lniquity may well be compared to
Tophet-a place for lost souls
And so we would again beg mothers to
make home bright and attractive to their
children. Don't leave the little ones too
much to their nurses or governessas. be with
them as much as possible yourselves while
young and capable of forming strong i'm
pressions of home and mother love. 1t NAV
require self-denial on your part in giving IN
some social pleasures, but in after years YOU
Will be more than repaid by the sweet com
according to Scripture, will rise up and cali
you blessed. .--IemperGncs Advocate.