The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-07-15

life urless he Is zure his pife cn with
s-azd the te1pauoa o. socil 6isSP-
tioa uhieh sweeps H-rnss sneA plsces
-th the toue C the Atlantic oceaz
vixen 6irsz ~ a September esui1oz.
May vives give Up their hozes Tor
these pzhic residences - that hey
uay give their eztire tine 70 operas
iheats~ balls reeSpucas and levesS
and thsy are In q rsrpetuA vhil Ike
= vhiptop spinning rUu1a and roUnd
End rouad very PrStuly, unul Il loses
its e1-iPoise sad shoots % Into > tan
EeuL Do; tie diSsrenes is in o1s esse
htsG top AID il The S;AsrESnL
Bssi6ss tbs there a an AxSi1ous ae-
e.nElStioa q little tAinr around the
private honG ukich in the aggregate
make a great sttrsction, while the 6ez-
iIen q one q these p1bie residences
Is APT 10 ay; What t. the usef /
have 10 Pl1os 70 keep them i'll should
take thea MenezfoS brie-a-brAe Gu
noxiSes quaint chair or Guy lounge
upAolsterieA pictures and a thousand
things that soorste in = home are dis
eArded o. neglected because there Is no
homestead In which t. arrange them.
And vet they are the case in which the
psGrl Of domestic happiness Is sst You
can never become Hs attached to the
appointments Of = bOarding house OF
family hotel as 10 thoss things that you
al call your OWE and are associated
with the different members OF your
household OF with scenes OF thrilling
import in your domestic history.
Blessed Is that home In which for q
whole lifetime they have been gather
ing until every figure in the carpet and
every panel Of the door and every case
meat Of the window has 8 ehirography
Of its own. speaking out something
about father or mother OF son or daugh-
ter or friend that was with Us awhile.
VIA; . sacred place il becomes when
|, can say: In that room such a one
was born; in that bed such a one died ;
in that chair ! sat on thenight ! heard
such . one had received & great public
honor; BY that stool ny child knelt for
her Last evening prayer; here ! sat to
greet NY son as he came back from sea
forage; that was fathers cane; that
was mothers rocking chair" What a
iOyful and pathetic congress of remi-
u~isoences.
The public residence Of hotel an6
boarding house abolishes the grace o.
hospitality. Your guest does not want
10 come 10 such q table. No one want.
TO run such a gantlet of acute and mer
ciess hypercriticism- Unless you hav,
a home Of your own you viii not be abl'
TO exercise the best rewarded Of all tn,
graees- For exercise Of this grace VIVA.
blessing came to the Shunammite In thu
restoration Of her son to life becausI
she entertained Elisha, and to the wild
oE Of Zarephath in the perpetual oil
well Of the miraculous cruise becaus,
she fed a hungry prophet, and to Ra
hab in the preservation Of her life at tn
demolition Of Jericho because Of hi
entertainment Of Jacob. and to Lot II
his rescus from the destroyed city be
cause Of bis entertainment Of the an
gels, and TO Mary and Martha an,
Zaceheus In spiritual blessing becaus
they entertained Christ and to Publiu
, In the island Of Melita In the healing Q
his father because Of the entertain
ment Of Paul, drenched from the shiI
wreck, and Of innumerable house
: throughout Christendom upon whic.
have come blessings from generatio
, 10 generation because their door
swung easily open in the charging, ell
nobling, irradlsting and divine grac
1 Of hospitality. / do not know whI
your experience has been, but / hay
] had men and women visiting at IN
house who left a benediction on ever
: roOm-in the blessing they asked at ii
E table, in the prayer they offered at h
! family altar. in the good advice the
' gave the children, in the gospelizatio
4 that looked out from every hneameI
r Of their eountenances, and their depa.
e ture was the sword Of bereavement
The queen Of Norway, Sweden and Del
: mark had a royal cup Of ten curves, c
lips, each one having on It the nan
I Of the distinguished person who ha
8 drunk from 1t. And that cup which "
r offer TO others in Christian hospitalit-
4 though it be Of the plainest earthel
ware, is a royal cup, and God can rea
on all sides the names Of those WI
have taken from it refreshment, b.
If all this Is impossible unless you ha'
/, a home Of your own.
l. II is the delusion as to what Is nece
sary for a home that binders SO mar
n from establishing one. Thirty room
n are not necessary, nor 20, nor Is, n,
i ten, 0 FIVE, o three. In the rig
y way plant a table, and couch, and knit
n and fork, and a cup, and a chair, al
n you can raise a young paradise. Ju
start a home on however small a sea
= cd t. rrfI rrl