The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-27

place where we may lounge without beinI
thought unsraoeful. There Is the plac
4 where We may express affection wtthou
being thought silly. There Is the plac
where we may forget our annoyances ant
exasperations and troubles. Forlorn eartl
pilgrim, no homer Then die. That ia bet
ter. The grave Is brighter and grande
and more glorious than this world will
no tent from marching, with no harbo
from the storm, with no place Of rest from
this scene Of greed and gouge and loss ant
gain. God pity the man or the woman
| who has no homel
Further, home is political safeguard
The safety Of the state must be built OF
the safety Of the home Why cannot
France come to placid republicp Mac
Mahon appoints his ministry, and all
France is aquake lest the republic be
smothered. Gambetta dies, and there are
hundreds of thousands of Frenchmcn who
are fearing the return Of q monarchy. The
Dreyfus case Is at this moment slulnber.
ing earthquake under Paris. France, as a
nation, has not the right kind Of Chris.
tian home. The Christian hearthstone is
tho only hearthstone for republic The
virtues cultured in the family circle are
an absolute necessity for the state. II
there be not enough moral principle to
make the family adhere, there will not be
enough political principle to make the
state adhere. No homo means the Cloths
and Vandals, means the Nomads of Asia,
means the Numidians Of Africa, changing
from place to place according as the pas
ture happens to change COMPOUNDED be
all those babels Of iniquity which would
overpower and destroy the homel The
same storm that upsets the ship In which
the family sail will sink the frigate of the
constitution Jails and penitentiaries and
armies and navies are not our best defense
The door Of the home is the best fortress.
Household utensils are our best artillery,
and the ohimneys Of our dwelling houses
are the grandest monuments to safety and
triumph. No home, no republici
Seeds Of Character.
Further, home is school Old ground
must be turned up with subsoil pillow, and
It must be narrowed and reharrowed, and
then the crop will not be as large as that
Of the new ground with less culture.
Now, youth and childhood arc new
ground, and all the influences thrown
over their heart and life will come up in
after life luxuriantly Every time you
have given smile Of appreciation all the
good cheer of your life will come up again
in the geniality Of your children. And
every ebullition Of anger and every uncon-
trollable display Of indignation will be
fuel to their disposition 70 or 80 or 40
years from now-fuel for bad fire
quarter of century from this You praise
the intelligence of your child too much
sometimes when you think he Is not aware
Of 1t, and you will see the result Of 1t be-
fore ten years Of age In his annoying affec-
tations. You praise his beauty, supposing
he is not large enough to understand what
you say, and you will find him standing
on high chair before flattering mirror.
Words and deeds and examples are the
seed Of character, and children are very
apt to be the second edition of their par
ents. Abraham begat Isaac, so virtue is
Herod begat Archelaus, SO iniquity is
transmitted. What vast responsibility
comes upon parents in view Of this sub
jeotl
Oh, make your home the brightest place
on earth If you would charm your children
to the high path Of virtue and rectitude
and religion! Do not always turn the
blinds the wrong way. Let the light,
which puts gold on the gentian and spots
the pansy, pour into your dwellings. Do
rot expect the little feet to keep step to
dead march. Do not cover up your walls
with such pictures as Vests death on
Pale Horse" or Tintoretto's Massacre Of
the Innooents. Rather cover them If you
have pictures with 1.-THE Hawking Par
ty," and 1.-THE Mill by the Mountain
Stream" and 1.-THE Fox Hunt" and the
"Children Amid Flowers" and the "Har-
vest Scene" and 1.-THE Saturday Night
Marketing" Get you no hint Of cheer
fulness from grasshopper's leap and
lambs frisk and quail's whistle and
garrulous strsanlet, which from the
rock at the mountain top clear down
to the meadow ferns under the shadow |
Of the steep comes looking to see where
1t can find the steepest place to leap |
off at and talking just to hear ITSELF |
talkp II all the skies hurtled with tempest |
and everlasting storm, wandered over the
sea- and every mountain stream were raw
ing mad, frothing at the mouth with mud
blowing among the hills and there were
uClUu0I ldIh CttiOl hui AuluLuluK
trill, nor waterfalls dash, but only bears
bark and panther's scream and VOLTS
howl, then you might we'll gather into
your homes only the shadows. But when
God has strewn the earth and the heavens
with beauty and with gladness, let us take
into our home circles all innocent hilarity,
all brightness and all good cheer A dark
home makes bad boys and bad girls in
for bad men and bad women.
Responsibility of Parents.
Above all, my friends take into your
homes Christian principle Can 1t be that
In any of the comfortable homes whose i'll
mates confro nt the voice of prayer is
never liftedp What No supplication at
night for proteotion2 What No thanks
giving in the morning for care? How, my
brother, my sister, will you answer God
In the day Of Judgment with reference to
your children 1t Is plain question, and
therefore ask 1t. In the tenth chapter Of
Jeremiah God says he will pour out hs
ury upon tho families that call not upon
lis name. Oh, parents, when you are dead
md gone, and the moss Is covering tho
inscription Of the tombstone, will your
'hildren look back and think Of father
md mother at family prayerp VIII they
AXE the old family Bible and open 1t and
ee the mark of tears of oontrition and
ears Of oonsoling promise wept by eyes
ong before gone out into darknessp Oh,
you do not inouloate Christiep principle
n the hearts Of your children, Gnd you do
lot warn them against evil, and you do
lot invite them to holiness and to God,
nd they wander off into dissipation and
nto infldelity and at last make shipwreck
4 their immortal soul, on their deathbed
nd in the day Of Judgment they will
urse you'll
Seated by the register or the stove, what
I, on tho wall, should come out the his
DRY of your children What history
be mortal and immortal life Of your low
d onesl Every parent Is writing the his
Dry Of his child He is writing it, CON-
osing 1t into q song or pointing it with
groan.
My mind runs back 70 one of the best
early homes Prayer like roof over
J. Peace like an atmosphere in it. Par
nts personifcations Of faith in trial and
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