The Progress., 1897-02-13

bnT1,pV means the 1OblS tAA>A |
means the nomads of Asia, means the NJ
,,,idians Of Africa, changing from place to
nloce according as the pasture happens "
change COMPOUNDED be all those Bapels
of iniouity which would overtower ana oe
strov the home! The same storm that up,
sets the ship In which the family sails "iA
sink the frigate Of the constitution .'ans
and penitentiaries and armies anu Ia,
are not our best defense. The door OF 'he
home Is the best fortress. Household uten-
s,ls are the best artillery, and the ch1mneys
Of our dwelling houses are the granoes'
monuments Of safety and triumph NO
home. No republic.
Home Is . School.
Further remark that home IS scnooi.
Old ground must be turned up with SUP
soil plow, and 1t must be narrowed ana re-
narrowed and then the crop Will not DC as
large as that of the new ground with less
culture Now, youth and chllohooo 20
new around and oil the influences thrown
over their heart and life will come up IN
after life luxuriantly. Every time you
have given n smile Of appreciation all the
GOOD cheer of your life will come up again
in the geniality of your children And ev-
ery ebulition Of anger and every uhcoh
| trollable display of indignation will be 1uei
| to their disposition 20 or 81 OF ~ :eS'ls
| from now-fuel for a bad fire quarter OF
| q century from this. You praise the IN
| tellioence of your child too much some
| times when you think he is not aware OF
| IT. and you will see the result OF 1t before
| ten years of age in his annoying anecta-
| tions. You praise his beauty, supposlng
| he is not large enough to understand what
on a high chair before a fattering mirror.
Words and deeds and example are the SEED
Of character, and children are very apt to
be the second edition of their parents
Abraham begat Isaac, SO virtue is apt TO GO
down in the ancestral line, but Herod De-
gat Archelaus, so iniquity is transmitted.
What vast responsibility comes upon par
ents in view of this subject!
Oh. make your home the brightest place
on earth If you would charm your children
| tn the high path of virtue and rectitud'
' and religion! Do not always turn tn,
blinds the wrong way. Let the light which
puts gold on the gentian and spots tn
pansy pour into your dwellings do no
:. expect the little feet to keep step to deat
= march Do not cover up your walls wit
! such pictures as Vests Death on Pal
Q Horse" or Tintoretto's Massacre of tn
| Innocents" Rather cover them, If 20
have pictures, with THE Hawking Party,
|. and 1.-THE Mill by the Mountain Stream,
y and ''The Fox Hunt" and 1.-THE Childre
It Scene" and "The Saturday Night Ma
II keting."
~ Cheerfu1ness.
- Get you no hint of cheerfulness fro
- erasshopper's leap and lambs frisk, M
!. ounil's whistle, and garrulous streamle
=. which, from tho rock ut the mountain tt
clear down to the meadow ferns under Il
shadow of the steep, comes looking for Il
" steepest place to leap off at and talkiI
X, lust to hear itself talkf II all the ski
81 hurtled with tempest and everlasting stor
wandered over the sen, and every Inou
- tain stream went rnving mad, frothing
ls ~ the mouth with mad foam, and there we
On nothing but simooms blowing among t
II, hills and there were neither lark's cal
~. nor humming birds trill, nor waterfall
li0 dash, but only bears bark and panther
scream and VOLTS howl, then you mig
0, we'll gather into your homes only the sha
eo ows But when God has strewn the ear
zee and the heavens with beauty and wi
ns gladness, let.us take into our nome clrc
gee all innocent hilarity, all brightness and
Jus rood cheer dark home makes bad bt