The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-31
IDEAL HOME.
!. =, a household TO God

Nf. l,,,, rexas. December -''
- I I. .ss programme that was well rem
~ ,,sht Mt the residence OF MT
~ j. R. Baurland' the occasion oe'as
..d,cation of their splendid nome Al
.stsille:
re. Sweet Home =.
- by Rev. J. J. Moore, pastor Vi
leland Presbyterian church
-. following splendid address as oe,'v-
psv A.wyatt, pastor Of the Metho-
Episcopal church South:
~ know Him. that he VIII co.,"
ii, children and his househo'd a'.er
"a "a ,bey shall keep the way OF the
A Justice and judgment" Genesis,
,...ee is In line with that found In
49, x,iy. Is. in which the leader OF
',. hosts challenge the people to the
~ God to the putting away OF
..,.o Gods that they found among the
~. rhon they had conquered, and de-
w. w.. that they choose for themselves
~. - ,hsv would serve; but says. For me
= NV house, we will serve the Lord
n the text, speaks out boldly for
.s Nam and asserts for him that stern
=. md decision Of character that, sup
lated nv the grace Of God, enabled
4, n command his children and his
mold after him" to deal Justly and
~ proper decisions among men.
r,us We see from the two passages that
~. christian home is ordained OF God to
I Z. ~ ereat fountain out of which flows
4. uost universal regard for mankind and
u hlehest allegiance 10 God. II the home,
- IA such an important center, low
rs,ntly proper to dedicate 1t unreserved-
n 10 God.
mr. such dedication we are me. here to-
,lsht and as we ought to select the high
n models, 1t is very meet and right that
n. father of this household be referred
4 Abraham and Joshua for models of tho
.trourest devotion to God aud the noblest
Aarins toward men: and that the mother
n referred to Timothys grandmother.
i6s, ard to his mother. Eunice. for ex
,mples Of the most faithful devotion to the
duties Of the home training of the children,
ior n Is written OF Timothy that from a
and he knew the Holy Scriptures"
This home. then. is to be one university,
Il which these children are to be gradu-
,ted In that which is noblest and purest-
4 "a unswervihg devotion 10 Gid and proper
iteird for nan. The father, the president
md Leading professor, the mother the vice
mssdent, matron and universal instructor
We're al the homes of our land thus dedi-
.rJ tod nv .,aIr mr.
.elleut system OF public schools and church
COLLEGES and universities. generation Of
men and women would be produced. the
equal Of which has not yet appeared in the
md.
Bit where symmetrical manhood and
vcmanhood Is produced, the social feature
viii not be neglected and this home pro-
POSES to illustrate this feature tonight A
NIthe and joyous spirit is perfectly con-
nnlal with purely religious one.
Beecher says: "a Christian mans house
Mould be on the hilltop of cheerfulness and
krnity. so high that no shadows rest upon
4 and where the morning comes so early
md the evening tarrics so late that the day
I III twice as many golden hours as those Of
mere worldly men, He is to be pitied whose
house Is in some valley of grief between
The hills, with the longest night and the
shortest day. Home should be the center
Of 10y. equatorial and tropical"
Indeed, II is an undeniable truth that
& The IDEAL Christian home Is the only place
to be found. And while, perhaps, the ideal
ran never be attained, yet it can ever be
4 approached.
4 Here aothinr Is forbidden that gives real
i pleasure, and nothing Us INDUCED in the
4 name Of pleasure that leaves pang.
Hasa mo aOxvar air t.y1 n
I principles insrillad that make the homes Of
4 cur land the national bulwark against all
insinuating and invading Toes. for where
obedience to parents an obedience 10 God
are found, all tho other IA ,ors Of noble
manhood and loyal and patriotic citizen
ship legitmately follow.
Here, furthermore, is one of the lasal
factors OF the church Of Col, and all true
worship, for the father is universally recog-
nl'ed priest and prophet Of the household,
with the mother as helper in every good
word and work, the two joining hands and
hearts and minds to keep spiritual sacrifices
continually burning on the altar, and Ia
keep constantly before the expanding In
leliects Of their children the noble origin
and glorious destiny of the race, the latter
hct contingent upon the acceptance OF the
plan on which alone our Father can be-
SLOW the highest benedctions OF His grace,
Renee, here an unquestionlng faith lifts
Me heart with purest gratitude TO Cod, aud
unolds before the childlike vision the ever
VARYING beauties of the world we inhabit
Nco6nlzing the fact that they nrc the pro-
ION of great and good God. WHO has
maze them for His children to enjoy as a
lna Of prophecy of what He has for them
nc land beyond
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