The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-01
CULTIVATED HOMES.


OF good government. In 1t the nucleus OF
the State, the faithful citizen. comes Into
being, is formed and furnished for duty
and llfe. as the primal crystal OF the grand
result. "the baby figure Of the giant
mass" He. as the head OF his own family
and In his own home. finds the consum-
nation of his honor and his highest nap
| piness on earth.
out in the world, he may do great
deeds and accomplish great achieve
ments; as member of the great family
of the Commonwealth, he may render
great service and receive great honors;
but they are outside Of himself. 1t is In
his own home and family that he finds
the fulness Of peaceful Joy. real life.
| the rest and reward of lite's daily and
continuing work.
Home is the ideal blessing and condition
| of the good and useful life. Home life IL
indeed the clarifying armament of So
ciety, its heaven. The assured, sustain
ed and happy homes Of the nation are
its glory; and their excellence is the
measure of it's greatness. The sweetness
Of home is the triumph Of social life.
The ignoring of domestic life and the
exaltation OF the individual, as a citizen,
a public character, a man or woman of
the world. relieved Of all the responsible
ties and affections, and shorn Of the graces
and courtesies OF home, hardened and
armed and exercised for fight and show,
smooth, brilliant and heartless, IS the
barbarous part of our civilization, its IA
tai ingredient. Home is the true nursery
Of honorable manhood, OF pure woman
hood, Of enlightenment and refinement, OF
real citizenship and true craftsmanship;
of fidelity, loyalty and devotion. In the
perfection Of the home is the safety of
the State Private and domestic virtue
alone are now keeping this country from
chaos.
Dishonored and shattered homes spread
over the world dragons teeth, seeds Of
vice and elements OF discomfort, disorder
desperation and misery. Home is fixed
and natural craving OF humanity. we
were made to worship God and long for
home and heaven. And 1t is the thought
and hope OF reaching, OF making or rees-
tablishing home that sustains and COM
forts and animates those who are out In
the world as exiles and waits and wander
ers.
1t is very we'll known that the merchant
is not the best. Trade is poor inspira-
ton. What is made or prepared at home,
and for home use and private consumption
is the very best and purest 1t is not made
for sale It cannot be found in the market
Tender. warm constant. watchful care.
and cherishing ana earnest and devoted
study, a whole heart cannot be had for
any reward Kings and potentates for
their children. will ask and seek in vain for
the spirit and influence OF the happy
heaven blest home. A thousand things for
bid its existence up there where they live.
The dew OF its birth is from the womb of
the morning. Its simplicity. freshness and
purity abide only with self sacrifice. seclu-
sion and shade.
Every mans home is by law his castle;
II is a sacred thing, a quiet sanctuary.
No earthly power. monarch nor demo-
crat. can make or buy 1t. The true and
natural nome is the reserved Gift OF the
Creator OF the. world and maker OF man
kind, OF Gods providence. The w)rlu
The world may make all sorts OF counter
feits and make-shifts and substitutes. II
can not make a cultivated, a real home.
The elements and constituents OF thar
holy thing are vouchsafed from the Sc
crete stores Of nature and OF Heaven.
they are as distinctly the gifts OF the God
of love as life and breath OF light and
health are. They cannot be commanded
The greatest caricatures on earth are
often what are known as splendid
homes. great shows, with all that wealth
and art can furnish. and conventionaIity
require, yet dry. desolate and wearisome-
with every grace except the heart. no
home about them; all picturesque; all the
decent eomelings and virtue of private
life; all the dearest delights of life that
hallow and dignity. quite shut out; no
place for them there.
There is an ugly saying that when poy-
erty comes in at the door, love flies out
at the window
Poverty has never yet put true love 10
flight But the merchantable article that
makes and supplies most marriages and
provides the common place ambitious
home, at once goes out entirely or lives
a ghost OF departed quantity Frenchv
when wealth and pride approach. The
winter OF adversely only makes the fires
OF love and Joy in the truly cultivated
home, where character intelligence and
piety dwell. TO glow with stronger inten-
sity with clearer brightness with greater
glory. Nature and Scripture rejoice in
the picture. Thy wife shall be as a fruit.
full vine by the sides OF thine house. Thy
children like olive plants round about thy |
table. Its completion IL the head of tho |
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