Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-03-04

$500 600 of bills in circulation with no
specie in the vault Let us learn To show
piety At home II we have il not there,
we have IL not anywhere II we have not
genuine grace in the family circle all our
outward and public plauSihility merely
springs from the fear Of the world or from
the Shiny, putrid pool of our own selfish
ness. tell you the home is a mighty test
Of character What you are at home you
are everywhere. whether you demonstrate
IL or not
blessed Harbor.
Again, home is "A refuge Life Is tho
United States army on the national road
Ia Mcxico-a long march, with ever and
anon a skirmish and battle At eventidc
we pitch our tent and stack the arms; We
hang up the war cap. and. our head on the
knapsack. we sleep until the morning bu-
gle calls us TO march To the action. How
pleasant 1t is 10 rchcarse the victories and
the surprises and the attacks of the day.
seated 10y the still campfire of the home
circle Yea. life is n stormy sea With
shivcred mnsts and torn sails and hulk
alcak We put in at the harbor of home
Blessed harhorl There we 60 for repairs
in the drydock The candle in the window
Is To the toiling man the lighthouse guild
ing him into port Children go forth to
meet their fathers rs pilots AT the Narrows
take the hand of ships The doorsill Of
the home is the wharf where heavy life i'm
unlaGcn There is the place where we may
talk of what we have done without being
charged with self adulation There is the
place where we may lounge without being
thought ungraccful There is the place
where we may express affection without
being thought silly There Is the place
where we may forget our annoyanccs and
exaspcrations and troubles Forlorn earth
pilgrim, no homer Then die That il bet
ter The grave Is brighter and grander
and more glorious than this world with
no tent from marching. with no harbor
from the storm. with no place of rest from
this scene of greed and gouge and loss and
gain God pity the man or the woman
who has no hnmcl
Further. home is political safeguard
The safety of the state must he built on
the safety of the home Why cannot
France come To placid republic? Mac
Mahon appoints his ministry. and all
France is aquakc lest the republic he
smothcrcd tiambctta dies and there are
hundreds OF thousands Of Frcnchmcn who
arr fearing the return of u monarchy The
Drcyfus case Is AT this moment "A slumbcr
ing earthquake under Paris France as
nation. has not the right kind of Chris
tian home The Christian hcarihstunc Is
the only hearihstonc for "a republic The
virtues cultunI IN the family circle are
an absolute necessity for the state II
there he not enough moral principle 10
make the family adhere there will not bo
enough political principle 10 make the
state adhere No home means the Cloths
and Nandals, means the Nomads of Asia
means the \umidians of Africa. changing
from place To place according rs the pas
ture happens To change COMPOUNDED be
all those babcls of iniquity which would
overpowcr and destroy the home The
same storm that upscts the ship in which
the family sail will sink the frigatc of the
constitution .Iails and pcnitcntiarics and
armies and navies are not our best defense
The door of the home Is the best fortress
Household utensils are our hest artillery
and the chimncys Of our dwelling houses
are the grandcst monuments to safety and
triumph No home. no rcpublici
seeds of Character.
Further. home Is s,'l,ol Old ground
must be turned up with sulSoil pinw and
II must be- narrowed and rcharruwcd. and
then the crop will not bc "a large as that
Of the new ground with less culture
Now youth and chidhood are 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 uf your children And
every cbullition of anger and every uncon
trollabc display OF Indignation will be
fuel To their disposition 20 or 30 or 30
years from now-fucl for had fire a
quarter of "A century from this You praise
the intelligence of your child too much
sometimes when you think he Is not aware
OF II. and you will see the result of IL be
fore ten years of age i'm his annoying affec
tations You praise his beauty surprising
he Is not large enough Ia understand what
you say. and you will find him standing
on high chair befor, tlattcrng mirror
Words and deeds and examples are the
seed uf character. and children arr very
apt To bc the second edition Of their par
cnts Abraham begat Is:,ac so virtue is
apt to go down in the ancestral line, but
! IIcrod begat Archelaus 80 iniquity is
transmitted What vast responsibility
comes upon parents IN view of this sub
Ioct
Oh make your home the brightest place
on earth If yOu would charm Your children
To the high path of virtue and rcctitude
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
not expect the little feet to keep step To "A
dead march do not cover up your walls
with such pictures az West Death ON a
Pale Horse or Tintorctto Massacre Of
the lnnOccnts Rather cover them If you
have pictures with The Hawking Par
" and The Mill by the Mountain
Stream. and The Fox Hunt. and tho
Children Amid Flowers. and the Har
vest Scene. and The Saturday Night
Marketing Get you no hint of cheer
fulDcss from gr;lsshuppcrs leap and
lambs frisk and quails whistle and
garrulous stramlct which from the
rock at the mountain top clear down
a. the meadow ferns under the shadow
OF the steep comes looking 90 SEQ where
IL can find the sterp,st place to leap
OIL at and talking Just Ia hear itself
talk IL all the skies hurtlcd with tempest
and everlasting storm wandered over tho
SEA. and every mountain stream were raw
ing mad. fruthing NJ the mouth with mud
foam and there were nothing hut sinooms
blowing among the hills and there were
neither lark carol nor humming bird 5
trill nor waterfall dash hut only bears
bark and panther scream and VOLTS
howl then Won might well gather into
your homes only the shadows But when
tod has str,wn the earth and the heavens
with beauty and with glatlncss let Us take
into our home circles all innocent hilarity
all brightness and ala good cheer dark
home makes had boys aud had girls in
preparation for bad men AMI imd women
Responsibility Of Parents
Above all nav friends take INTO your
homes Christian principle Can IL In that
In any of the comfortable homes who's, in
mates | confront the voice uf prayer Is
never lifted, What No suppli,ution mt
night for protection What NJ thanks
giving in the morning for care How my
brother my sister will YOU answer God
In the das 81 Judgment with reference 10
your children IL Is u plain question. and
therefore ask IL In the tenth chapter Of