The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11

fumes the holy kiss with which they
were accustomed to bid their sisters
good night. The home should be made
attractive with many little innocent
amusements, kind words, and loving
deeds, so that in after years when the
children have left the family altar,
they will look upon the many happy
hours that have been spent around the
fireside, and return with gladness to
the dear old home. Home, that word
touches every chord of the human
heart. A soldier, hardened by years OF
warfare, will shed tears silently when
the strains of "Home Sweet Home
are waited upon the air. Home is
green spot in memory, a center about
which the fondest recollectionS cling
with all the tenacity of youths first
love. The child when starting on the
voyage of life, is careless about it,
using neither sail nor oar; he sees some
thing ahead which he desires-it is
happiness, but it is moved on by the
same current that moves him. He
simply drifts along with his oars and
hands idle, but he soon finds that on
this voyage one must not DRIFT, but
STEER. o! youth so full of vigor and
activity, take special heed of this part
of the voyage Spend your hours at
home. They will prove to be the most
agreeable and profitable Of your lives,
and when idle companions call you to
ioin them in their idleness, remember
God has said: "Cast not in thy lot
with them: walk thou not in their way
refrain thy foot from their path. But
walk thou in the way of good men, and
keep the path of the righteous
Always keep good company or none
Spend your leisure hours in reading
and self-culture. How many have hao
very small inheritance of this worlds
goods, who by reading and reflection
have made themselves "the heirs OF al
the ages" Do not think you canno
, succeed in the world unless you have mil
lions. Remember, that the renowned
p pulpit orator of England, Georg
! Whitefield was bootblack; Stephe1
f Girard, was cabin boy. Then, yout]
6 of today rise in thorough and select cul
:. ture, to dignity, influence and hap
n piness. Transmute the charcoal
8 native intellect into the sparklln
diamond of cultivated mind. Impair
q to the unshaped marble symmetr.
IS expression and beauty. Clear OFT tn
" native Wilderness, and supersede Tn
o growth of noxious weeds by beaut
q of fields and gardens. Lay your hanc
Is to the oars and steer your little boat
r. it drifts swiftly into manhood, II
# youth is the turning point of your LIT
,r Man is an artist armed with pain
II pencil and canvas with which he is
O make a portrait which shall be a men
ID orial for generations and generation
n and be an image Of himself before tt
.t bar of God. Oh! mortal artist dra
&C with care the outline, place there
od with skill and industry the colOrln
,r but be not Indifferent to the bac
;s ground. Shall it be a complete imag
70 Or shall it be ugly and distorted as
no man without an eye, limb or ca
10 Shall it be admired by friends a
In commended by angels, or shall 1T
all looked upon with disgust and &C
oh tempt? Youth, remember you 10
ke liberty's home, humanity's shrl
as learning's retreat, the ark Of safety a
oS. the olive branch of peace; all, if li1
are up to as they should be, will lead y
vo to life worth the while. b. y. Z
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