The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-29
HOME, SWEET HOME.
Essay by Lovely Young Lady,
Whose MOdesty Is Only Equalled
by Her Grace of Manner.

| Dy NFdCe Ol HauhCFs
The home is the power which governs the
world.
All the social and moral laws Of our com.
mon civilization revolve around the home.
| 1t is the school In which We are taught So
! cial progress.
The leading reformers have made efforts TO
direct the power that rules the home.
| To a certain extent we are all reformers,
and for that reason we should strive TO make
| the world better.
It would be folly for all to adopt the same
plant, therefore let some work In one way,
and some in another, but we should all begin
Let home be cheerful sunshiny place,
| where sweet dispositions and various means
OF improvement are always found; and then,
those who form our home circle, when their
Earl of Orrery-"One day passed under our
own roof. with friends, and our family, Is
worth thousand In another place."
Our parental domicile IL the place we
should enjoy all the best things of life: there
fore our cheerfulness should not be reversed
for society, nor the sunshine shut out except
when we have visitors.
PestalozZl says-"Our home joys are the
most delightful earth Affords
How many to-day are tossed about by the
pitiless storms OF error and vice, because
home was not made pleasant and attractive
for them.
We should be grateful that, 1t Is not with US
as IL was in years Of long ago. Then 1t was
thought that parents had performed their du,
ties TO their fami lev when they had fed and
protected them but, now the duty does not
end there, as 1t Is now recognized az fact
that we possess hungry minds which must be
satisfied. Therefore we must labor TO furnish
our homes with good reading.
"candle of improvement steadily burning,
and we can rest assured that. from that home
will 90 men and women who will be shining
lights In the highest walks OF life.
In such q home we weave memories that
can never be lost in the "Sea OF Oblivion" !"
but will cause US to say with Oliver Wendell
Holmes
"Home of my childhood how affection clings
And hovers round thee with her seraph
wings!
Dearer thy bills though clad in autumn
Than fairer SUBMITS which cedars crown"
One of the essentials in making up a well
ordered home Is kind words.
We should speak kindly at all times. II al
ways brightens the dark places and causes US
TO glide smoothly over the rugged places on
We should speak kindly more especially at
night for who knows, that, ere the dawniDg
of another morning one of the dear ones may
be called 10 his or her eternal home, and alas
1t would be too late to plead for the sweet
words ~ forgive" which come like the balm
Of Gilead 10 q wounded heart.
In addition TO kind words there Is the high.
ly priced we'll done which ought To be used
ottener In our associations with the loved
ones at home.
After Benjamin West had become far famed
and had hung his pictures In Royal Acade.
mics, he remark ed to some one. "A kiss from
my mother made me painter
Our fathers and mothers appreciate we'll
done from their children, and 1t often cheers
them TO know that, in the imbecility OF age
and surrounded by all the Improvements OF
modern times, their work is still approved.
Napoleon knew the value Of praise and
medals OF honor. One OF his veterans lay dy.
ing on the battle field when the grand cross Of
the LEGION OF Honor" was given him from
the Emperor's own hands, be exclaimed,
"Now, die satisfied"
And now that our earthly homes are only
temporary lodging places, we must seek
home ia the city which hath foundations
whose builder is God.
"Seek ye home in that radiant sphere,
Which through change and time thou shalt
ever retain" Christina.