The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-07-14
START RIGHT
AND YOU WILL END RIGHT,

way. 1t would be sheer folly to at
tempt to erect a tabernacle in a
prairie without first having abund-
ant material at hand. Many fail
ures are made because the effort
was not begun right If a stream
is impure we must 60 to its source,
and the little rills that fall in along
its course and swell the volume of
the stream and cleanse them before
we can expect to accomplish purif-
cation. To get rid of effect we must
first seek the cause ;. 10 eradicate
the cause we must seek out all the
elements entering into its composi>
ton and remove them by detail.
Society is made up of individuals,
and to work a reformation in society
che individual man must be reform
ed.
The entire country is suffering
under depression, dependency and
gloom.
There is cause for it, and the
remedy is net in imputiug to your
neighbor all the blame for bringing
1t about, and endeavoring by a gen.
eral censure of the entire public to
reform them. Waste brings want,
and want entails woe. Extrava-
gance is the prelude to indulgence
and laziness the parent of evil.
Let us make a thorough selt-ex,
animation, and endeavor to correct
in ourselves, anything we have done
or omitted to do that helps to swell
the volume of this stream of depres-
SIGN covering the country.
First.-One great fundamental
error is living for other peoples eyes
too much. This leads to living be-
yond means, putting on styles not
suitable to US, and ending in con-
fusion and trouble. Extravaganza
is fostered, jealousies engendered
and happiness wrecked by devoting
too much attention to other peoples
eyes.
Second.-lt is a serious mistake
to make the residence simply an
abiding place instead of dwelling
place and home. There are duties
incident to home lite to be perform
ed by each member of the house
hold, and they cannot be performed
away from home. With the mem
bers of the household scattered
throughout the country the home is
nockery and failure.
Third.-Idleness is o. source of
great evil, and is productive of IN
jury to the household and commu-
nifty. Every member at the house
hold should have a certain line of
duty to perform and perform it.
There SHOULD be no drones in the
home.
Fourth. Self-reliance should be
taught practically in the household,
aud no one member expect another
to do for him what he can do for
himself. This leads to important
results by ENGRAVING into the life Of
each member the principle of sus.
tanning self by the efforts of self as
far as practicable. .
Fitth.-Encouragirg extravaganza
and harboring spirit of unrest by
seeking supplies from other points
than the homestead is dangerous in
the extreme. There can be no pros
perity where this prevails.
If then each home is made home
indeed, where each member does his
or her part toward making it self
sustaining, the entire community
exhibits signs Of thrift and prosperi-
ty there are no idlers, no drones,
no deadheads. There will be little
room for depression.
Reformation then to begin right
must begin at the home, with each
individual member of it. When
success crowns the effort the work
is accomplished throughout the en-,
tire community ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS