The Van Buren press., 1897-10-16
HAPPINESS AT HOME.
arp Says That 1t Is Moro Waltz
able Than tho Klondlke.
Points Out Some Defects-Cross hus-
bands and n Complaining Wife
Meet No Compassion from
the Sage of Barlow.

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reckon ii is. what an awful sin II is for
a man or his wife. or son or daughter
to break it up. Ii is worse than muir
der, fer there is then only one Nietim'
and he is dead; but the destroyer OF do
nestle happiness brings misery to the
family. and they must live on in their
sorrow. II domestic peace and love
could be purchased With money, what a
price il would bring, and yet II can be
/ had without money Il every member et
| the family would do right l WaS
Illuminating about tbs aud wondering
II even the devil was mean enough 10
take pleasure IN destroying the peace
Of > household The book Of 1ob does
uet make him thar mean. for Job SUI
eYed NJ SORROW from any bad conduct
/ q Wife OF children. Satan wants wor-
| shiperS. and even dared 10 Try te sedaee
the Saviour to his allegiance; but he
65i il IN an open. manly Nay, and lost.
lie iS an s2fverSzFy-a bad oDe-a pow
| ezfo} enc eser Szaee he VAS thrust ont
L = ESeavers bus according 70 Scripture
4 = hs< nos set aest his power or his con-
xssaeaeeS for the Lona talked 10
I Asea n Joe ana she Saviour had cen
4 s.zeaex NH HIN N Matthew, and
y zeaaea. sAs ae<AanSel. had a dispute
ss4A I'm aaaat The body e Noses lie
: q asa&. sri. posed, defiant spirit, and
ases xsarv arts - Seaaee mankind from
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saks away and destroy the only bliss Of
4 Paradise that is eft Is. lie hasn't done
Il from laearsalt. for that notable man
haS noSf loving household, and SO
have many delsana stheistsand skep-
i5es. Ny opinion is that cur original
sin has mere 70 do with bad conduct
ihan the devil We are born to sin as
the sparks fly upward, and the devil
urgeS Us On and apologies for every
mean thing we do, and tries 10 COM
fort US, but ! believe that it is in the
power OF every man and every woman
and son and daughter to preserve the
family peace and ta make home the
most attractive place upon the earth.
Then. why don't they do ii? 1t sickens
us with sorrow to read the family
troubles in the daily papers. Some
times it is the husband, sometimes the
wife, sometimes the daughter, but
oftener than all together it is the son
that brings the blight and darkens the
doors and makes parents and sisters
seek to hide from the gaze of men.
What makes the young men do so?
Every day there is a new case some
where-murder, suicide, embezzlement
and all is mixed up with the jails and
courts and pictures in the papers and
the misery of kindred and the worlds
cold criticism. How many families
that once moved proudly with the So
eial throng have retired to grieve over
the crushing fate of wayward son or
daughters shame. How many fam
lilies have been broken down by reckless
sons-in-law. | know some aged parents
whose hair has grown prematurely
gray, whose brows are furrowed with
lines of sorrow and whose smiles are
always sad, if they smile at all.
Young men, please stop and think.
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lions of dollars. 1t beats the Klondike,
and is right close by, and no frozen hills
to cross. The pleasures of a happy
home excel anything upon earth, and
can be had so cheaply if father and
mother and children will make it so.
"He that troubleth his own house shall
inherit the wind" A cross husband, a
contentious, complaining wife, selfish
son or an indolent, discontented daugh-
ter can destroy the peace of the house
hold. There are some things that are
worth so much they cannot be valued.
Health of body is one of them, but peace
of mind is worth more than that. Some
years ago there was a verdict rendered
in our court at Rome giving $4,000 to a
young man because of a fall from the
train at night and a permanent injury
to his spine. He was a man of brilliant
mind and high ambition and splendid
| prospects, but the doctors testified that
| he would be a mental wreck, and his
eloquent lawyer drew such a sad picture
of the wreck that the jury gave this
/ aAlOuAA do NOAAl pNAioHAlO NJ
| bones were broken nor did he suffer any
| pain. He walked about and visited his
| friends, and showed no sign of imbe.
/ cility, but his mental force was i'm
paired, his high ambition gone, and this
verdict was only an approximation OF
the damage.
What, then, is the peace of family
worth? Not merely peace of mind. but
Of heart. for the heart outranks tn,
mind as the mind does the body. was
rUminating about these ill-assorted, un
I happy marriages that seem in thes,
later years TO be more frequent thar
il the olden time. and are the prolifi,
source Of so much domestic trouble
TIE poet says:
Hos sad and srsary is the home
Where love. domestic love no longel
restles.
I Bu; stricken ty some cruel doom
lis corpse lies on the trsstlss."
! wonder how many modern mar
/ riagss may be called happy-in how
many families DO peace ard love rul,
the household. Net many among III.
{ children Of the rich. know. for the
I have known 10 want nor self-deuial, ani
cannot bear patiently any misfortune
Ard even among the poor there
misery that the bard times have in
I creased. Only recently a sad-fsce.
woman came 10 as begging food ar,
Z clothes for her children, and her stoT-
was that hsr husband had to run ava,
for trying 10 make living by rUnniu.
blind tiger. What . curse is this mar
rage lie VIXEN hastily and unhappii.
made. Il ! was girl. il seems 70 ne.