The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-12
ARP'S PHILOSOPHY.
A.lan.a cons.i.usIon.

Atlanta Constitution.
The poet says that domestic happineas
is the only bliss Of paradise that has sur
v'vcd the fall" II that u 90. and reckon
II Is. whst an awful sin It 10 for man
or his wife or son or daughter TO break
It up. 1t 10 worse than murder. for there
| Il then only one victim, ami he 10 dead:
| but the destroyer OF domestic happiness
brings misery to the family and they must
live on In their sorrow, II domestic peace
and love could DO purchased With money.
what price It would bring, and yet II
| can be had without money II every member
Of tho family would do right was rumi-
mating about this and wondering II even
the devil was mean enough to lake pleas
ure In destroying the peace Of house
hold. The book OF Job does aot make him
that mean, for Job suffered no sorrow
| from any bad conduct OF xife or chiidren.
Satan wants worshipperc, aad cvcn dared
| to try to seduce the Savior TO hts ailesi-
ancc; but he did 1t Ia an open manly way,
| and lost, He is an adversary--a lad ono
| powerful one ever since he MAS thrust
out OF heaven: but according to scripture
| he has not yet lost his power or his &a-
| sequence. for the Lord talked to him IN
job and the Savior had conferences Win
! him in Matthew, and Michael, til, eiSb-
| angel, had dispute With him atout the
| body OF Moses He Ia a bold. seat reisea'
defiant spirit, and uses naay arts 70 Sc
duce mankind from their al'cgitLce; put
surely he wouldn't take away and ctetroy
! the only bliss OF paradise that .s left US.
He hasn't done It from Ingersoll. for tsas
! notable man has most loving for.ehoin.
| and so have many inhdels mi afhtlsts aud
| skeptics, My opinion is that ous orislnh
Gin has more to do With bid conduct than
I atn Al
| sparks fly upward, and the devil urges US
| on and apologies for every mean thing we
| do and tries to comfort MS, but peiie'e
| that Il is In the power Of every man ana
| woman snd son and daughter to preserve
the family pence and to make home the
mos. attractive place upon the earth.
| Then why don't they do II! II sickens
us with sorrow to read the family troubles
| In the daily press. Some times II Is the
husband. some times the wife. some times
the daughter, but oftener than all tcgtiher
1t is the son that brings the blight and
1 darkens the doors and makes parents ind
sisters seek to hide from the gaze OF men.
What makes the young men do so9 Every
dav there is new case somewhere -muf-
der. suicide. ENLIGHTENMENT 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 manv families that once moved rrord-
iy with the social swelling throng aave re-
tired from II to grieve over he crushing
fate OF hayward son or a daushters
/ shame How many families have bten
broken down by reckless sons law.
| know some aged parents whose hair mas
grown prematurely gray, whose brows are
turiowed with lines OF sorrow and whose
| smiles are always sad, II they sMile at
all.
Young men, please stop and thiaK. The
HAPPINESS OF home is worth millions Of
dollars 1t beats the klondike, and is iihbt
close by. and no frozen hills to cross. The
pleasures of happy home excel anything
upon earth. and can be had 80 cheaply II
father and mother and children will make
II so. He that troubleth his own house
pshall inherit the wind. :" A cross hLsDtnd
Il contentious. complaining wife, II selfish
son or an INDECENT. discontinued daughter
can destroy the peace Of the household.
There are some things that are worth 10
much they can not be valued. health OF
BODY is one of them. but peace OF mind
is worth more than that. Some years
ago there was verdict rendered IN our
court at Rome giving $4,000 to Young
| man because OF fall from the train oil
night and permanent injury to his spine
ambition and splendid prospects, but the
doctors testified that he would be a mental
wreck and his eloquent )luwyer drew snch
q sad picture OF the wreck that the Jury
gave this large amount as compensation.
No bones were broken nor did he sufer
any pain. He walked about and visited
his friends. and showed no Sign Of i'm
beciltv. but his mental force was III paired
his high ambition gone, and this verdict
was only an approximation of the damage.
What, then is the peace OF a family
worth? Not merely peace OF mind, but OF
heart. for the heart outranks the mind as
the mind does the body. was Illuminating
about these ill-assorted, unhappy mar
riages that seem In these later years to be
are the prolific source Of SO much domestic
} trouble The poet says:
How sad and dreary is the home
Where love. domestic love no longer
nestles.
But stricken by some cruel doom
Its corpse lies on the trestles."
wonder how many modern marriagei
may be called happy--in how many fami.
lies do peace and love rule the household
Not many among the children OF the rich
! know. for they have known no want mol
misfortune. And even among the pool
there Is misery that the hard times have
increased Only yesterday a sad faced
woman came to us begging food and
clothes for her children, and her story
was that her husband had to run ava,
, for trying to make a living by runninl
blind tiger. What a curse is this mar.
riage tie when hastily and unhappily made
II was a girl Il seems to me, would
rather remain single all my life than bint
} myself body and soul to young man wht
had no moral principles to govern him
The chains OF matrimony' II a man com
mits crime he can give bond and kee,
out OF jail, but there is no bond provided
for poor woman who Is chained to
bad, unprincipled husband. She timdl,
shrinks from seeking divorce, for ever
that does not erase the scars OF tn
shackles she has worn Her life and he
hopes are blighted. There is no NOR,
pitiful sight in all nature than good wo
man chained for life to a bad. unkind. un
prinoipled man. She clings to her childrer