St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-09

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! He shall be free at home.-Deut XIV. ..
! To Adam, the first man with soul.
Paradise was home. To every true son
of Adam, home is paradise. Home
| joys are the most delightful earth af-
fords. Anything that will make man
find any spot on earth dearer than his
home is bad thing. There Is magic
in that little word home God help
the man who never has had a home. 1t
is the sweetest type Of heaven. Six
things are necessary to create it, so
says Hamilton; Integrity is the archi-
tect tidiness the upholsterer. 1t is
| warmed by affection, it is lighted with
cheerfulness Industry is the ventilat-
or, renewing the atmosphere day by
day, while over all, as protecting
canopy, nothing will suffice except the
blessing Of God"
The home Is the eternal protest
against individualism, /. e., VS.. selfish
ness. The first lessons of unselfshness
are learned at home, in the family. In
the politics" of AristorIe we see how
the old Greek who taught the world
the best it knows of many things re-
garded the relations Of man to the
body palitic. 1.-THE city comes first"
Aristotle says, "the individual second"
Since the city is but an aggregate of
families, we may say, in idea. in i'm
portance, "home comes first individ-
ual second" This is as true to fact as
it is in theory. Another interesting
thing we learn from that early Greek,
and rarely cultured civilization. They
called man in Athens who would not
fulfill his duty to the city, would not
enjoy the privileges and franchises of
the collective life, man who lived by
himself, for himself in himself, had,
that is, no home life, lived, that Is, not
for others-they called him an idiot
That was the name they gave him who
either had no home or made for him
self none. 1t literally means a selfish
man, who shrinks from his duty in
living with and for others.
1t is in the family life at home that
we begin our lessons in unselfishness
From early childhood this truth is
hammered into us by the sweet, if
sometimes sad, experience Of bearing
| one another's burdens" while we re-
joice with them that do rejoice and
weep with them that do weep" Amidst
the endearments Of ones home, and
the interlacings of varied interests,
and the fine tracery Of divers types of
character, man learns the reality of
the truth that none of us liveth unto
himself, and no man dieth unto him
SELF These general considerations
will make clear our duty. It is not nee
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the part Of any but young men. That
small children owe obedience to par
ents, and that parents owe infinitely
| more to home than to provide for its
maintenance or superintend it's in
ternal management, goes without say
ing.
The man who loves the club more
than his household is unworthy a home,
or the name Of father. He must not
wonder If he has not the love, even
If haply he can retain the respect Of his
own children. The senseless, ,giddy thing
that does nothing but bear children,
and reluctantly does that, and finds
more pleasure in society than in her
own home, has no standing in the
community, and no real affection for
anybody.
But what Is the duty of young man
to his home From the time he is
granted the privilege of the night key
and trusted to the time that marrying
the woman Of his choice, he establishes
a home Of his own, what should De his
attitude and conduct toward home and
the family? In the first place, he
owes it to his home to be in it. more
than actually required by the time
| spent in eating and sleeping. Homes
ought to be something other and better
than restaurants and dormitories
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sex or whose dispositions compel them
| to remain there considerable port on
| of their time. These have spent thcni-
| selves for you, have lavished on you
| much thought, care and love. You can
| take sunshine into their lives by beias
with them.
What can please mother more,
what can do better to repay her love
! and tender offices through so many
years, than to let her feel that moth
| ing gives you greater pleasure than 10
| be with her, converse with her, re-
hearse old associations, plan for the
future, give her your confidence, tell
her your troubles, have her share your
! joys? Any man too big to be this to
| his mother is too big to be man; he
has grown to be an animal. Then
| there are duties to the younger chill
dren. What despicable thing, mas
| querading as man, who acts as if he
were outraged by the advent of others
into the home, who plays the bully
rather than the tender elder brother,
and makes things unpleasant as he
can by his boorish behavior? Who
looks offended when infants cry, as if
his chaste ears must only hear the
harmonies Of heaven. Away with such
| Frown on them.
| Let them know that the essential
| difference between Benedict Arnold and
George Washington was just this: In
| the case Of Arnold the individual was
| dominant; in the case Of Washington,
| there was life and thought for others.
| Selfshness encouraged, develops Judas
Iscariot within us. Living for others
develops Jesus Christ within us. That
| is the difference. ultimately developed,