Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-03-02
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the surprises and the attacks of the day,
seated by the still campfire OF the home
circlcl Yea, lifo is stormy sea. Will
shivCrcd masts and torn sails and hulk
nlcak we put in at the harbor of home
Blessed harborl There we 30 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 as pilots ut the Narrowe
take the hand of ships The doorsill Of
the homo is the wharf where heavy life in
unladen, There is the place whore 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
exasperations and troubles. Forlorn earth
pilgrim, no home? Then die That is bet
ter. The grave is brighter and grandcr
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 Rouge and loss and
gain God pity the man or the woman
who has no homcl
Further, homo is political safeguard
The safety of the state must be built on
the safety of the home. Why cannot
F"ance come to a placid republic? Mac
Mahon appoints his ministry, and ali
France is aquake lest the republic be
smothcred Gambctta dies, and there are
hundreds of thousands of Frenchmen who
are fearing the return of a monarchy The
Drcvfus case is at this moment a slumbcr-
ing earthquake under Paris. France, as a
nation, has not the right kind of a Chris
tian home Tho Christian hcarthstonc is
the only heart hstonc for republic. The
virtues cultured in the family circle arc
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 home means the Cloths
and Nandals means the Nomads of Asia,
means the Nrmidians Of Africa, changing
from place place according as the pas
ture happens to change COMPOUNDED he
all those babels of iniquity which woul[
overpower and destroy the homel The
same storm that upsets the ship in which
the family sail will sink the friRate of the
constitution Jails and penitcntiarics and
armies and navics are not our best defense
The door of tho homo Is the best fortress
Household utensils are our best artillery,
and the chimneys of our dwelling houses
are the grandest monuments to safety and
triumph. No home, no republicl
Seeds of Character.
Further, home is a school Old ground
must be t1tncd up with subsoil pillow, and
it must be narrowed and reharrowed, and
then the crop will not be as large as TIN
of the new ground with less Cultur
Now, youth and childhood are mt
ground, and all the influences throw
over their heart and life Will come up II
after life luxuriantly. Every time yo'
have given smile of appreciation all thu
good cheer oil your life Will come up agail
in the geniality OF your children. Ano
every cbuil1hon OF anger ana every uncon
trollable display of Indignation will h'
fuel to their disposition 20 or ~ or
years from now-fuel for bad fire
quarter OF century from this. You pr les
the intelligence Oh your chllu 100 II t'
scii,ctiiilcs "heii So" 'Nl,iN ne Is 'ioe AVA
VI ~ anu ~" "'ii seo tiic 'os"iU Vi ~ I've
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ne Is not iarge enough 10 understand VIM
you say any yo. VIII Ani MN s'anuiHf
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