The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-03-17

Storm. Now. that man who IS aTabie In
public and who is irritable In private IS
making o fraudulent and Overissue OF stCch.
and be is as bad as q bank that might have
500, OC0 or $500, 0QO Of bills in circulation
with No specie in the vault. Let Us learn
70 show piety at home II we have 1t not
there, We havoit not anywhere. II We have
not genuine grace in the family circle, all
our outward and public piausibllity merely
springs from the fear OF the world or from
tne Shiny, putrid pool OF our own selfish
ness. | tell you the be ne IS a mighty test
OF character. What you are 81 home You
are everywhere, whether you demonstrate
Ii or hot.
Again. home Is a refuge. Life IS tho
United States army on the national road
70 MeXico-a long march, with ever ana
anon g skirinish and a battle. At eventlde
We ,itch our cent and stack the arms, W.
hang up the war cap. md our head on the
knapsack we sleep until the morning buCIe
calls US TO march to tho action. How
pleasant Il Il TO rehearse the victories and
the surprises and the attacks Of the day
seated by the still cam fire Of the home
clrcie. Yea, life Is a stormy sea. With
thiyrrei Masts and torn sails and hulk
aleak we put in at the harbOr OF home.
Blessed harbor! There we so for repairs
In the dryGock. The candle in the window
l. to the toiilnS man the lighthouse guild
ing him into port. Children go forth to
| meet their fathers as pilots at the Narrows
take the hand of ships. The doOrsill Of the
home is the wharf where heavy life is IN
laden. There IS the pace where we may
talk OF what We have done without being
charged with self alulation. There is the
place where we may lounge without being
thought unSraceful. There IS the place
where we may express affection without
being thought silly. There is the place
where we may forget our annoyances and
eyasperatiOns and troubles. fOrlorn earth
pilgrim, no home? Then die. That is bet-
ter. The grave is brighter and grender
and more glorious than this world with no
tent from marching, with no har"Or from
the storm, with no place Of rest from this
scene OF greed and SouGe and loss and
gain. God pity the man or the woman who
has no home
Further, home is a political safeguard.
The safety OF the State must be built on
the sa ETY. Of the home. Why cannot
France come to a placid republic2 Mac.
Mahon appoints his ministry, and all France
IS aquake lest the republic be smothered
Gambette dies. and there are hundreds OF
thousands of Frenchmen who arc fearing
the return Of a monarchy. The Drevfu5
ease is at this moment a slumberinc e2rtn.
quake under Paris. France, as a nation,
has not the right kind of Il Christian home.
The Christian learthstOne IS the only
hearthstone for Il republic. The virtues
cultured in the family circle are an ahso-
lutte necessity for the State. If there be
not enough moral principle to makathe
family adhere. there willnot be enough POI
litical principle TO make the State adhere.
No home means the GOths ana Nanda,S,
means the Nomads OF Asia, means the
Numidians OF Africa, changing from place
to place according as the pasture happens
to change. COnfounded be all those babeis
of iniquity which would ~overpOwer ana CO.
strov the home The same storm that un-
sets the ship liz which the family sail WI!
sink the fricate ofthe constitution. Jails
and peuitentiaries and armies ana navieS
are not our best defense. The door Of the
home is the best fortress. Household uteD-
sis are our best artillery, and the Chin
neys OF our dwelling houses are the grand
est monuments to safety and triumph. No
home. no -epublic.
Further, home is 4 school. Old ground
must be turned W with subsOll plOw. and
It must be narrowed and reharroWei. and
then the crop will not be as large as that
OF the new ground with less culture. Now,
youth and childhood are new ground. and
all the influences thrown over their heart
and life will come up in after life luxurl-
Rntly. Every time you have given n smjle
Of appreciation all the good cheer Of your
tite will come up again IL the CCnialitv OF
your children. And every ebulIition Of
anger and e.ery uncomfortable display Of
Indignation Will he fuel to this disposition
~oitwenty or thirty or forty years from now
-fuel for q ha! Ere = quarter Of a century
from this. You p-aiSe the intelligence u
your child too much sometimes when vou
think be is not aware OF it. and YOU will SEQ
The result Of i before ten years OF ace IN
his annoying Alterations. You praise his
beauty. suppesiEc he IS not large enough
10 understand what YOU say. and YOU Will
I'M him standing on a high chair before a
datte-inC mirror.
/ Ga. make Your home the brichtes. pace
:, On earth II YOU wonld charm vonr children