The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29
]org. SWEET HOME HIS THEME.
=. relation TO Society Discussed by
Rev. Ed F. Cook.

81, RcIatfOn TO society Discusseu by
Rev. Ed F. Cook.
p.v Ed F. Cook, pastor Of Wesley Mon
.r.ntel Church, preached yesterday
ing on Home, Sweet Home" HIS
.,t was John xix. &c and q: when
- therefore, saw his mother and the
,..n,e standing by whom he loved, he
I'm unto his mother: Woman, beheld
~ som Then saith ne to the disciple:
ps53Id thy mother and from that hour
| ..,, disciple took her unto his own
bone"
.Vhat" asked Mr.. Cook. must this
-o-ber's feeling have been as she saw
bsr son suffering before her, bearing ig-
,oninv and pain and death? Christ, for
moment. fogets his sufferings and the
| ems of The world, and thinking of her
rrovides her a home. This home would
y more than place Of abode 1t would
he a refuge and a place where her feel
hgs would be understood; where there
/ would be sympathy and love. When Jesus
had committed her to Johns home he was
satisfied. end again his mind turned in
upon himself.
THE home is a divine institution" said
Mr. Cook. God did not found society
| or civil government; they are logical de-
auctions from the home which God did
establish and the Importance of which he
has always magnihed, insisting upon its
purity, stability and moral recttude. The
purity of society, the stability of govern
ment and the piety of the nation depends
on the existence of these qualities in the
family. Here must be taught the lessons
Of seI-control and obedience.
I'VE cannot begin with the adult to Sc
cure a religious life. In modern times we
seem to have forgotten the importance of
the home We are, no longer home build
ers Every man, before he marries.
should understand and appreciate the
principles which must form the founda-
ton of every true home, for home is the
cradle of society, the arbiter of human
destiny, Home life was the glory of our
ante-bellum history, and the future of our
A country depends upon its maintenance.
Cod has been driven out of the schools
i and the legislative halls by the corruption
Of those who control them. Home is the
blossom Of which heaven is the fruit" 1t
IS the place where the world of strife is
shut out. the world of light shut in
B Home is the golden setting of which
mother is the chief jewel" Mr. Cook said
q that there is an innate yearning in man
for home, and many a man, sick when he
is absent from home, dies of homesick-
ness.
Napoleon showed great wisdom when he
said: THE need of France is Mothers"
In this day of flats, tenements and board
ing houses, we need mothers who will pre-
serve the family religious life. Men seem
absorbed in business, and apparently have
no time for worship or religious instruc-
ton Children never hear the voice of
their father in prayer. 1t is far better for
one to be reared in the desert of Sahara
by a religious mother than in the midst
of the most cultured society by an ire
lisous one.
Home should be made the brightest,
sunniest, most attractive spot in the
world, so that a man would as naturally
graVtate 10 it as a stone to the earth.
In our homes let us talk more of love and
i less Of business. The great danger of our
people lies in Intensity of thought on bust
ness matters. Men are overpressed until
home is forgotten.
The boy who has been carefully reared
and Instructed in his home, and accustom-
ed to the family altar has greater
strength to resist temptation in the out
q side world. If your boy is wrecked, re-
proacb not the barroom or the house of Ill
fame, but yourself. The religious home is
both a type and a foretaste of heaven.
Heaven is but a home a place of reunion
and abode for the great family of Christ"