The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-23

bhoN Nltl9 NJ uuArs 1T we nave u
not there We have II not anywhere. II
we have not genuine grace IN the fam
lily circle, an our outward and public
plausibillty merely springs from a fear
OF the world or from the Shiny. putrid
pool OF our own selnshness tell you
the home is a mighty test OF character
What you are at home YOU are every
where, whether you demonstrate II or
not.
Again, ! remark that home IN n ref
Sss. Life Ia the United States army
on the national road to Mexico. a long
march with ever and anon a skirmish
and a battle A; eventide we pitch our
tent and stack our arms; we hang up
the war cap and lay our head ON the
knapsack; we sleep until the morning
hugle calls us 10 marching and action.
How pleasant Il is TO rehearse the vic
tories and the surprises and the at
tacks OF the day. seated by the still
campfire Of the home circlel
Yea. life Is a stormy sea. With shiv-
cred masts and torn sails and hulk
alcak. We put into the harbor OF home,
Blessed harbor! there we 20 for repairs
In the dry dock OF quiet life The
/ candle IN the window IL 90 the tolllng
man the lighthouse guiding him into
port Children go forth TO meet their
fathers rs pllotF at the Narrows take
the hand Of shipA The door-sill OF the
home ia the wharf where heavy life
Is unladon.
There Is the place where we may
talk OF what We have done without be-
ing charged with self-adulation. There
is the place where We may lounge with
out being thought ungraceiul There
Is the place where We may express ai-
fectlon without being thought silly.
There Is the place where we may for
get our annoyanccs and corporations
and troubles Forlorn earth-pilgrim!
no home? Then die. That is better.
The grave IL brighter and grander and
more glorious than this world with no
tent from marchlngs. with nc
harbor from the storm. with no place
to rest from this scene Of greed and
gouge and loss and gain. God pity IN,
man or woman who has no home!
Get you no hint OF cheerfulness from
grasshopper's leap and lambs frisk
and Qualls whistle. and garruloui
strcamlet. which. from the rock az IN,
mountain-top clear down 20 the mead
ow ferns under the shadow OF thu
steep. comes looking for the steepes
place 10 leap on At. and talking Jus
TO hear itself talk? II all the skic
hurtled with tempest. and everlasting
storm wandered over the sea. and ever!
mountain stream went ravlng mad
, frothlng at the mouth with mad foam
/. and there were nothing but simeon
blowing among the hills. and Their
we're neither lark's carol nor hummlnl
birds trim. nor waterfalls dash: onl
bears bark. and paniher's scream. an
VOLTS howl. then you might we'll gath
!, cr into your homes only the shadows
But when God has strewn the ear d
I and the heavens with beauty and wit
giadness. let us take unto our HON
/, circles all innocent hilArity. all bright
= ness. and all good cheer A dark HON
makes bad boys and bad girls. 10 prcE
/, aration for bad men aud bad women.
Above all. my friends. take In,
: your homes Christian principle. Ca
Il be that In any OF the comfortabl
homes OF my congregation the voice ,
. prayer 10 never lifiedI WHAT No SUI
pllcation at night for protection
what No thanksgiving In the mornln
for care How. my brother. my slste
will you answer God In the day of jud,
y ment with reference 20 your children
T. Il a. a plain question. and therefore
u ask n. In the tenth chapter OF Jeremla
God says he will pour out hls fury upo
Y the families that call not upon n
= name. o. parents, when you are dea
u ana gone. and the moss ls covering n
q inscription Of the tombstone. will 20,
Y children look back and think OF FAITH
, and mother az family prayer! WI
they take the old family Bible and ope
r Il and see the mark OF tears OF contr
2 ton and tears OF conaollng promls
u wept by eyes long before gone out inf
y darknessl Oh. n you do not inculoai
. I Christian principles In the hearts
q your children. and DO not warn thei
: against evil. and DO not invite them
y holiness and TO God. and they wand,
q on into dissipation and into inhdellt
r and az last make shipwreck Of their In
y mortal souls. on their deathbcd and
J. tho day OF judgment they will cur
youl Seated by the register or a
q stove. what n on the wall should con
out the history OF your chlldron1 VIII
y history-the mortal and the immo
'e tai life OF your loved ones! Eve
J. parent Is writing the history Of h
n child. lie IA writing Il, composing
IS into a song or tuning u into a groan.
i Again. 1 remark that home u a tyl
, Of heaven. To bring rs 20 that hon
" Christ left his home. Far up and q
: back IN the history OF heaven the
= came a period when rs most lllustrlor
citizen was about TO absent himse
. lie was no, going 10 sail from beach
= beach: we have often done that.
was not going TO put out from Of
" hemisphere TO another hemlspher
Z many OF "a have done that but
was 20 sail from world 20 world q
spaces unexplorcd and immensities N
: travelled. No world had ever hall
y heaven. and heaven had never hall
any other world. think that the VII
!. dows and the balconies are thronge
!, and that the poarly beach was orowd'
y with those who had come TO see hi
y sail out OF the harbor OF light into q
! oceans beyond Out and out and out,aI
u on and on and on. and down and dow
- and down he sped. until one nigh
"a with only one to greet him, he arrive
His Decentralization 90 unpretendln