Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-06-20

princess TOUR ADOBE may be numDIe, Dut
you can, by your faith In God and your
cheerfulness of demeanor, gid it with
splendors such as an upholsterar's hand
beyer yet kindled.
There are abodes in every eity-hum-
bile, two stories. four plain, unpapered
rooms, undesirable neighborhood, and yet
there Is a man who would die on the
threshold rather than surrender Whyi
II is home. Whenever he thinks Of it, he
sees angels Of God lowering around It,
The ladders Of heaven are let down to
that house. Over the child's rough crib
there are the chantings Of angels As those
that broke over Bethlehem. 1t is home
These children may come up after awhile
and they may win high position, and they
may have an affluent residence, but thoy
will not until their dying day forget that
humble roof under which their father rest
ed, and their mother sang, and their
sisters played Oh, If you would gather up
all tender memories, all the lights and
shades Of the heart, all banquetings and
reunions, all fllial, fraternal, paternnl and
copiugal Affections. and you had only. Just
monthsf It seemed that men engaged in
the business of destroying others did not
know how to cope with this kind Of war
fare. They knew how to fight the Maine
liquor law, and they knew how to fight the
National Temperance society, and they
knew how to fight the Sons of Temperance
and Good Samaritans, but when Deborah
appeared upon the scene Sisera took to his
feet and got to the mountains. 1t seems
that they did not know how to contend
against Coronation" and Old Hundred"
and "Brattle Street" and Bethany
they were SO very intangible. These men
found that they could not accomplish much
against that kind of warfare and in one OF
the cities regiment was brought out all
armed to disperse the women They came
down in battle array, but, oh, what poor
successl For that regiment was made up
of gentlemen, and gentlemen do not like
to shoot women with hymnbooks In their
hands. Oh, they found that cunning for
female prayer meetings was very poor
businessl No real damage was done, al
though there was threat of violence after
threat of violence all over the land. l real
ly think if the women of the east had as
much faith in God as their sisters Of the
west had, and the same recklessness of hu-
man criticism, really believe that in one
month three-fourths Of the grogshops OF
our cities would be closed, and there would
be running through the cutters Of thl
| streets burgundy and cognae and heidsick
and old port and schiedam schnapps and
lager beer, and you would save your fs-
thers, and your husbands and your sons,
! first, from a drunkard's grave and, sec
ondly, from a drunkards hell! To this
battle for home let all women rouse them
selves. Thank God for our early home
Thank God for our present home. Thank
God for the coming home in heaven.
The Home Eternal.
One twilight, after 1 had been playing
with the children for some time, 10y
down on the lounge to rest. The children
said play more. Children always want tt
play more And, half asleep and hal
awake, seemed to dream this dream: l
seemed to mo that l was in far distan
land-not Persia, although more than ori
entail luxuriance crowned the cities; no
the tropics, although more than tropica
fruitfulness flled the gardens; nor Italy
although more than italian softness file
the air-and wandered around, lookin
for thorns and nettles, but I found non
of them grew there, and walked forth
and saw tho sun rise, and said, "Whc
will it set again2" and the sun sank not
And saw all the people in holiday appal
Ell, and said, when do they put on wort
ingman's garb again and delve in the min
and swelter at the forge?' but neither th
: garments nor the robes did they put of
And I wandered in the suburbs, and
said, Where do they bury the dead of tn
great cityP" and looked along by the hill
. where it'would be most beautiful for Il
; dead to sleep, and saw castles and towi
. and battlements, but not mausoleun
, nor monument, nor white slab could Sc
) And went into the great chapel Of Il
> town, and / said: where do the po!
worshipp Where are the benches on whic
hey sit?" and voice answered, "We ha1
in this great city" And I wal
ao p9" M ling to find the place whe,
were were tbe t novels hove or The destitute, and
found mansions of amber a.- , Saor :"
gold, but no tear did see or sigh
was bewildered, and sat under the sha'
ow of great tree, and 1 said, "What a.
], and whence comes all thisY"
And at that moment there came froI
among the leaves, skipping up the flower
paths and across the sparkling waters,
very bright and sparkling group, and whe
saw their step I knew 1t, and when
heard their voices thought knew then
but their apparel was SO different fro1
anything had ever seen bowed, strar
ger to strangers. But after awhile, whe
they clapped their hands and shouted
! WELCOMED Welcomed the mystery ws
I solved, and I saw that time had passet
and that eternity had come, and that Go
, had gathered us up into higher hom,
and I said "Are we all here?' And I'll
i voices of innumerable generations answe
ed, "All herep' And while tears Of glas
| ness were raining down our cheeks, an
the branches of Lebanon cedars were clal
| rainns thair hnnda and the fnxx,nra of I'll