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

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according to the character we have to
deal with.
But of one thing / am sure-society
can never me made pure nor kept so,
until the people have homes. 1t
mans home is unstable and un6xed, be
Bic himself contsminated BY the same
evil. DR.. Cumming said "There
may be mob, or there may be slaves;
bat let statesmen recollect there cannot
be people unless there be home.
And be that helps to build up, Sustain
aud sanc,ify the homes of a couusry
contributes more to it's glory, its beau
ty aud permanence than all its legis-
aaeots ,ssits laws, it's literature, its
! science anaS its poetry" Wherever a
new home is set up another light along
mans way is kindled aud these scattered
lights are yet to burn in united flame
to. the glory of God and the good Of
the great mass of Gods creatures.
The church and the home are the twin
sisters from heaven. who, hand in hand.
walk the green fields Of earth, aud call
forth the people to meet the regenera-
ting influence of the doctrines of the
skies.
w. HOW TO GET HOME IS THE
NEXT PROBLEM BEFORE Us THAT cLAMoRs
FOR AN ANSWER.
To get more fully into the facts in
the case, let Us ask, Who is this man
that wants home? l will describe
him. He is young mau; his time is
not his own; be is under the employ Of
another who is virtually his master.
His only income is his salary, and that
is meagre to degree. He has no
money out at interest, and is suffering
undersAsnother burden which is now
beyond all remedy-his father was
unwilling to make the sacrifice necessary
to give him anything like a college
education, and the boy vas turned out
iato the world of work before he was at
all prepared to meet it's demands. He
is nov doubtful about his spelling, and
writes but little outside of his business,
because he is afraid to trust his
knowledge Of language and ideas. 1t
l!caanot be Idenied-=he did not have a
fair start, and now can never catch up.
To tell this man hoy to win home, is
20 easy problem but believe | can
put him in the way of accomplishing
this very thing. The preacher is the
only man in the world who had better
! not have home. he is the servant of
all men, and can neither know nor
claim any permanent local habitation !;
but am quite sure could follow the
rules z am now to lay down, and win a
home for myself within a reasonable
time.
l. He must not set bis heart upon
having too 6ue home. Many man
can build shelter for his head, but
not one large enough to shut in his
pride. II must have howe like my
neighhor's'' has kept multitudes from
having any home at all. One should
rsmae 81 mber ahst a.happy,. comfortable
home sis not Of necessity palace.
Solomon lived 10 palace, and mourned
all the days of his life that he was so
miserable. A big house with large
nortgage for bay window is not as
good as house with no mortgage and
I.a,aplaak.ezipped. ,otf-.s1o- elets j., Gods
sweet sunlight. l think as happy a
home as ever entered was little log
cabin io the woods. 1t always seemed
ho me th4 the aans gose iqs sthesfrent
Fdoor ofssb.t hose svsry day. aadd 1
used TO love to singer about there,
un.ii, one day, they bore its master to
the grave. and ther the sun forgot to
rise there any more. I saw plainly
that tue mso makes the ehome.. and the
home does not always make the man.
g. He'mnst learn TO Icy up dimes
aud cents, if the. dollars are beyond his
reach.
Tbe seriptasss tell zuss Eve should not
E Ecevet-bst tie right u accumulate
property is divine right. 1t has sseo
said by some that the desire to own pro-
persy is one result of-our fall in Adam !;
but such charge is the merest bosh.
The instinct Of acquisition is more q
mark of our divine origin than it is of
fallen nssure. It is only the savage
or the nucivilized wac live without any
desire to accumulate, while the enlight-
ened bear the voice Of God still speak
ing to Us, as it spoke to our first parents,
saying "subdue the earth - Sometimes
we find man who pretends to toar so
high that be does not care at all for
things of earth, and wants nothing but
heaven. But of such man always
feel little in doubt, and set him down
for q fool OF crank or both. The man
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