The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-01-24

Christianity Applied to Some Of our
sosisl aadI 1eennnic Problems.
AsGRses aEeRags G. g sszeFs, ID.
Young Man, Get Home; or, the
Problem Of the Clerk.
aee 70 ,hy aoq.s INTO .by friends - aa1ar
We may justly infer chen that this
Gadarene aemoaiac had !. home, and
this is the 6ras pleasing thought 10 all
the horrible picture. While he was
cut ii Cue rocks among the graves and
skeletons. dis family we're not left to
wander about 7ing want, seekiag for q
home, but had 8 place that sheltered
them, an asylum under their own
roof:tree. 70 be the wife Of q maniac.
or Of = drunkard, or to be solitary
.idov, isgsief eaough Of itself ! but
TO be thus and homeless also is grief
too heavy 70 be hezns And yet this is
the condition Ia which We End many
are lef. 1lho, ID other days, went ont
from shs briidxl altar With 90 much hope
IN theirsksasssthas IL smounted almost
TO : hallelojah Of rejoicing.
0oe Of thss great Bible psRadoxes ls
wrapped up in the fact that Jesas had
no home. When he was asked,
"Where sbidest thou T? He was
almost at : loss sof asn answer. 'she
foxes hxxa. heles,sads the birds cot. the
ali; haze nests but the Sen Of Man
hath not where to lay His. head. !"
Doobt,ass. ai n the home Of John at
CsDernssin, or 10 tie home Of the
sisters as Bethany. He found place Of
velcona aadkAa assfe sfetrsat:: batdnme
and all the blessings Of home-life. He
never knew IN THE world.
ESsry d niu d spag6t Is have home Of
his own. if such . thiog 10; in my
visa, poasible.s :.sTo Adan su pasadise
uss.ash bone ;stozsshe good among his
deseaadaase ehanesis : paradise.
L MrMea1ss or HoxE. sssa
Ithisk j can lay 4 fonndasion. IN
yous. feeliass. q least, fog all I want TO
q s.y byst.lkine isss abost the memories
Of home. At this very word. our
minds have gone Away from Us, aad We
wish that some one would come in
siDeipe. tha. good old song. .sHow
dear to my heart are the scenes
Of nv childhood A man may get
entirely E away from : thousand other
.h,o,ughss, but never from the memories
Of tue cid home where he played when
he vass . boy. i sill rise up at times
IN nemory like palace from some
orient, and he IS led through its cham
bers, hold;ng to some mystic hand.
whose grasp IS full Of warmth and love.
He win see there the corner where
father used 70 sit.. long. long ago. and
he will Sigh 70 hear again the Sound
Of 8 voice that is still" And the
vines that clung to the porch, they will
erov again, and the old we'll and
tie trees under which be and
brother played, viii all come back.
and stand 10 the silent places of
memory. These thoughts will all be
sweet and refining to him. aud be will
say. ..Let me 60 farther. | uans to
visit once more the room where mother
died and the little house in the yard
where mauma lived who nursed me. !"
Its no. wonder that men grow into
ecstacy over the mere thought of home,
and that the bands. in time of vss. are
.aaxax allexed 1a plsz the. q, sssHone.
ssass sassFegssfsAksss & i ss|d .1 st sles1 &C.
we're, encamped along the opposite banks
Of the Rappahannock. the Union band
played some of the national airs. such
IS .7he Stsr-spangled Banner" apd
..Hsil Colambia )" the -Confederates
answered With Dixie and other airs
born 10 the isad Of the Southern sun.
By and by, one Of the bands struck
up the forbidden air, Home, Sweet
Hone" and the evo great armies stood
listening in silence, while
..Somahiax on tbS soldiers' cheek
Washed OF sbe Stain of powder"
There is story Of man to whom
money ~as given that be might travel.
and Gee the old world across the sea. He
packed his few goods. left his humble
little home, and went forth over the great
ocean. From city to city be jourueyed,
seeing wonders and glories of which no
man could adequately tell him. He
came at length to palace Of marble,
through whose balls multitude walked,
clad In The habilimeots of festal day.
Music soft and Low went trembling
along the ecboing corridors, and all the
air vas heavy With fragrance. Among