The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-26
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ln these days Of unrest attention is largely
diverted from the special blessings Of home
ine Men easily lose sight of the healthful
repOse, the perfect rest from conflict which
makes the life Of home the sweetest symbol
0f heaven. Some OF the peculiar advantages
of our American civilization are full of very
serious dangers. An immense territory, a
smrit OF adventure. love of travel, the un-
exal0pled rapidity with which large cities
spring from the very wilderness as if by
magic, the novelty Of an things and the con-
seguent lack of sacred associations which re-
eist change-these, and many other causes,
greatly lessen, where they do not entirely de-
8troy, that peculiar feeling which finds ITS
expression in "N0me, sweet H0me" Nav,
even closed furnaces, or radiators. on steam
pipes are not without ii serious effect upon
domestic comfort or 20 least domestic cOZi-
uess. Compare. for instance the pathetic
I0ngings Of The wauderer in GOldsmlth's
Deserted Village:
in OH 10y 8sndcrugs tbis world of care
.u fll my eTiUfs-and God Las given my share
slll bad hopes. my latest hours 20 crown,
amidst ihcse humble bowers 20 lay me down:
husband out life taper 80 tho close,
Keep Ono famo from wasting by repOse.
.'4l lad hopes. Tor pride attends Us stil
amid fhe swaps % show my bOOk-learned skill,
d.. md ilr nre au evening group To- draw,
-a leil 1f Gil folt ana all saw.
aud as hare, when hounds and horn pursue.
NJ.
t.i.i haa hopta it} louf Nc1nNons past,
l..e to return. end Ji0 40 homo az last"
Here we have Tin that eXquisitely musi-
.l verse in which even yet Goldsmith Us
without @ rival. 80 Keep the flame from
Wasting DY rtp0se" The modern American
20 always burning iho candle at both ends.
God gveh his beloved Sleep but the
.le children in an American house sit up
'. ree company, have their sweet ewes
q .UarI.. fa..s I.t
..tlNy-H 4atod rooms and eager converse
.l. Everything is hurry People are
..Ha{s getting, or trying 20 get, the money
hHnl they allow themselves no leisure 20
.v Conversation becomes mere chatter
L..trWrtiug IFS becoming a lost art. Cor
ulanee ls by means VI the telegraph on
~. epl9ne; and a letter is good for nothing
p let. u nothing, unless one can iinger over
d. '.a Il ile writing and the reading. Life
= i..le1 9i It's sweetest charm, its truest re-
-..-entr ~ 10 is deprived Of confidential and
gel Intercourse with those whom one
yves and can trust. Both strength and grace
ger. Ike sturdy trees and fragrant
+tiA must have @ chance 20 grow; and
CROWN needs darkness and winter and repOse
He.l as sunlight and wind and stimulus.
te neans rest, familiarity, love, truta,
i'l waste Of time, self-f0rgotiulness, a
i7in1 acts OF happy selisacrihco. Is is
lfhe lio, the end-in-itseh for which
almost every thing else is a more instrument
-i preparation. 10 is an Old-lashiOnod doc
uihe, Dut none the less true. The real test
'i what man verify rs, is his home life. The
man nno cares nothing for home, who does
l'lmng 90 make home happy, who Is forever
p.,ing fof new faces and new scenes, may
i0i necessarily be vicious: but he is sin
lhious state" and the ready prey for the
great enemy Of souls. And the wife who
cannot make a home may be very beautiful
aal very brilliant, "the observed of all OBJ
Sewers the "bclie' Of her city. the best
.h9wn name in society" but after all she
lachS that something, that pearl OF great
lucc, without which Sue comes short of a
uue womanliness.--New York Churchman.