The National tribune., 1892-03-17

| Christian affection commends our good deeds {!
the appreciation Of the Supreme Ruler OF Inc uni
yerse.-John w. Bailey, Oral, w. Va.
Home is q iove.guarded kingdom OF which tn
| queen is mother, and wherein, surrounded py al
of the outside world and imbbe lis infinite charm
| OF purity, peace and ress-Carrie T. Nl1on' wafer
ford, o.
Home is heaven ON earth-J. W. Cole, Benton
Ky.
Home Is paradise-Mrs J. ". Cole, Benton
Ky.
Home is where the heart Is bound by the silver
| cords OF love.-Nancy Carrie, Carson Iowa. go
| Home is the place on earth that is nearest ike
| heaven.-Irvin Barrous.
Home is character building; your heaven or bel
] according TO the light that shines within It,
Amos l.. Seaman, st. Louis. Mo.
Homo is heaven. where all our joys and sorrows
4 are twined together-William j. Buckley, II State
| street, New York City
Home is what make it-a heaven on EARTH OF
Tenn.
Home is the garden where love. the only plant
| OF Eden left on earth. blossoms and bears fruit-
Christian Simenson. Holmes City. Mimi
home is precious vase seated IN Inc heart
shrine containing the imperishable blossom Oh
love, whose pure perfume, growing the sweetef
with time, clings to us through lIie.-Margaret IL.
Hover. Pc keepsie, n. Y.
Home is an oasis in this earthly desert where the
weary and the unweary find the sweet water OF
love and the brig lat verdure of happiness'-oi'e
| Martin, Pekip, Ind.
| Home is a word typical of comfort, love, SYM
pathy and all the other qualities that constitute
the delights of social lfe.-Aiary L. McGrai ProSl-
dence, r. i.
Home is the place most like heaven on earth
Clinton c. Chandler, Sylvanis. o.
Home Is Gods earthly paradise for manklnd.-
Samuel w Bryan, Dawson Pa.
Home some one expresses it. is where the
heart is.-Miidred II. Baldwin, Fredericktown o.
school OF human virtues the abiding place oil our
loves and affections, the object of our lives, 10
which we turn when In Illness or affcuon, ana
from which all wish to take our departure for
Qhnyn -{ ID.
Sheboygan, WIS.
Home is The one place where your presence Is
always welcome.-Grace Ethel Adams, Washpufh'
Home is place which. however humble, we
may make a foretaste of the home above-Mrs. L.
w. Blanchard, Brooks Station, Mass.
Home is the perfect blending of the individual
in the union, a husband and wife. father, mother
and chidren.-Joel s Stevens, Orange, Mass
Home is where you feel the arms of loving pro.
lection in the time of sickness and troubIe-Grace
G. Hunt, Reedtown. o.
Home is the lodge at the gateway Of the Kings
palace in the land Of the redeemed, where the
steward does the Masters work, and all, As little
children, learn to serve him because he has prom.
ised that they shall be called to the palace itself to
serve him eternaly-a bit of heaven just set down
on earth.-Emma S Perkins Natck, Mass
Home is where there is one TO love us.-Sailie
SIanberry Farrell, San Francisco, Cal.
Home is casket of earih's most precious gems:
mother the diamond, peace the ruby, virtue the
pearl.-Maggie McCiung Leoii Kan.
Home is a heaven on earth where love is king,
And the greater the love the more JOY it will bring
H. b. Gales, Stanstcad, Quebec.
Home is place where pure, just mother rules
supreme.-Dan 7. Edwards. Red Lodge, Mont.
Home is the Kingdom OF Northumberland W.
Chandler, Sylvania, o.
THE IDEAL HOME.
FRIENDS OF THE c. c.: We may build house,
enter it and cali il home but unless il is the place
of all others for soul culture and mental growth, IL
seems almost crime TO call il that endearing name,
home. An ideal home may be in a cottage, OF In
palace In either case love must be the pivot on
which The machinery of home duties turn. If we
desire model home we must be willing TO work
Tor IT. with brain and heart well as hands. III
more time and pains were taken TO make homes
worthy of the name, the wrong doings of
and daughters would not so often plant thorHs In
The pillows OF their parents during their declining
years.
Though the mother should take a certain por-
ton of her time for social duties rule she
should be found at home to welcome husband and
children when they return from the cares and les
sons of the day. Everything seems dreary and
cherries when mother is away. There is no sweet
smile and loving words of welcome; one to in
quiTe about The success and failure of The work
undertaken. The remembrance OF a loving word
or smile will often gladden. the whole day.
father. too. must contribute his part toward
making the House where his family dwels more
than mere shelter from the Summers heat and
the Winters cold. His leisure hours belong to his
wife aud children, and matter how duh the
home life may be. it is his duty TO help share the
love. cherish and proLect.-Minnie Curry. Provi-
dence, r. j.
WHAT ARE YOU READING?
FRIENDS OF THE c. c.: If you would save and
saBclify time and secure the fellowship of great
souls, read good literature. Find out the nature
OF any book you intend TO read first IL il will add
TO your useful know ledge. Will 1t have purify
ing influence on the mind? Will it inspire
thoughts to nobier ideas? VIII it help and not
hinder you OF becoming man or woman OF char
aeter? We read 10 acquire higher ideal of life.
The best literature charms with the sweet
est music and, besides. adds q profit.
what Mark Twain said in the following extract
from his I" Prince and Pauper" might be fiily said
of the mind: One can cover the walls with
ehromos that Will make the visitor want TO go
home. or with originals which viii make him stay
till you wish be would go home.'
In reading he calls attention to "pemnican
sentences, and says they are great quantities of
food compressed into very small compass the
essential virtue OF the meat with all useless matter
discarded"
Ia her tear-bedewed novel? Often many of the
latter are of too pernicious character having a
DOWNWARD climax, ruling out desire eventually
IoF anything suostantial We waut more Of the
dew and freshness Of good books Loyalty, yours
Anna NJ. Bechdel, Blanchard. Pa.
HIS SOUL GOES MARCHING ON.
FRIENDS OF THE c. c.: How many Of the G. c.
know that John Brown resided, for number OF
years plor to his moving 10 Kansas in th!s part of
Pennsylvania. Snch is the case aud his old tan
merry Is still standing about six miles east of our
village. ii has been remodeed, and is now used
as r dwelling-house.
John Brown was noted for BIS honesty and In.
tegrity, and il is said that he would not sell lis
leather until ii was perfectly dry, lest he should
cheat ms customers 10y loss in weight. His dis
asifous attempt 10 free the negroes has been
harshly Judged by many, but believe the rash
act was caused by n sense of duty twas IL mis-
taken senseI) too strong for his control.
Let that be as it may it is great pity that he
could not live 10 see the great work achieved by
our immortal IDcoln-and the very thing Which,
he himself had hoped to effect-the emancipation
Of the negro. Yours, Pro Patria-L D. Gilmore,
Blooming Valley, Pa.
MY C. c. BADGE.
When my eyes shall be closed In their last long
sleep
On this beautiful world of ours
Aud the dear ones I've loved shall gather 10 weep
And garland nay cold clay with flowers
Let some one who loves me. ere J. ia laid to rest
Place my beautiful Q. c. badge on my breast.
Its value is two fod a gift OF dear friends,
And a symbol of loyalty true
To our beautiful land, tho home of the free
And our banner of red, white, and blue
1: win herald my coming as cross the dark stream
We all must enter alone,
And the friends over yonder, catching its CLEAN
viii meet me and welcome home
Then bury me as a Guard should rest,
With my beautiful C. G. badge on nay breast
Nina Ballou, Newton. Mas.
sIR WALTER RALEIGH COMMENDED
VIII Julius GoSarn please tell the C. c. what
Solomon meant when he said, He that is slow TO
anger Is better than the mighty: and he that rueth
his spirit than he that tazeth d city,? VIII he
also explain what Christ meant when He said
"Nhosoevcr shall smile thee thy right check
turn 10 him the other ALSO? 1t seems me that
Sir Walter Raleigh administered lust the reproof
that our Savior taught us should be administered
We are too apt TO snecr at "A meek spirit. forgetting
that Jesus said " Blessed are the meek; for they
shall inherit the earth"
can find no passage in my Bible warning men
tgn aud III .ak1tt oil