The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-01-03

AND De Thankful that you're iivin' in wor
like this today
Wave your hand to Sorrow
Joy is on the way;
Hands around the holly,
And let the fiddle playi
-Adanfa Constitution.
HOME.
. A good home is one of the creates
blessings that anyone can have i
this world. There is nothing tha
can make man more happy, or tha
can have a more ameliorating infu
ence upon man than a Christian
home. Home is the dearest spot OF
earth; its associations, its memorie.
of Joy aDd sorrow render it sacred
BE it ever so humble there's ne
place like home," so sung Johr
Howard Payne and so millions o.
men have sung. There is no worc
SO dear to the heart, or that sends
through the mind such a flood oi
pleasant recollections as the word
"home."
THAT halowed word is near forgot.
No matter where we roam;
| The purest feelings of the heart
Still cluster round our home.
Dear resting place where weary thought
May dream away its care,
Loves gentle star unvails its light
ANA shines in beauty there.'
What pleasant associations are
linked with home Time cannot
wipe from our minds the joyous hours
of youthful innocence spent in the
home of our childhood. Though
we may roam the wide world over
and look upon that which is great and
grand both in nature and art, but the
scenes of our childhood which come
SO often and SO wildly to our minds
are more glorious and more precious
to us than anything else.
Home of our childhood | how affections clines
And hoyers round thee with seraph wings
Dearer thy bills, though clad in autumn brown.
Than fairest submits which the cedars CROWN
Whatever else we may forget we
cannot forget the place of our birth,
we cannot forget the many happy
days spent with brothers and sisters
In the old homestead, we cannot for
SIT SIT mncfhsr n.sifh ;7i1 anxious pra2grs
is a green spot in memoy all oasis
in the desert a center about which
the fondest recollectiois cling with
the greatest tenacity. The love OF
home is intuitive and right. 1t is as
universal as the race. In defence of
home our rude ancestors OF Britain
fought the Roman legions, the brave
Polo died and Leonidas and his
Spartans split their blood. In all
ages the noblest and truest hearted
men ave sacrificed and died, If need
be, In defence of home. Our own
beloved land is not in want OF illus
trious examples of those who have
given their lives in defence of home.
There is no place on earth upon
which so large per cent. OF our IN
terest is concentrated as on home.
If all home life, ties, joys and needs
were removed there would be no mo-
tive for work. 1t is necessary to
have fixed object in view in order
to work we'll at anything. With
what untiring energy and self sacr1-
fee men have worked to obtain and
support home "Next to religion, =
SAYS one writer, ''the deepest and
most ineradicable sentiment in the
human soul is that of home affec-
ton"
| "What sounds so sweet as homer
How soft it strikes the ear!
| Tho near we stray or far we roam
That word is ever dear.
| 1t has charm to bind the heart;
1t holds talisman1c part;
| And tho the humblest spot on earth.
Tis home, sweet home our happy hearth
God instituted the home when he
placed our first parents, whom He
had created, in the Garden OF Eden.
Cod, the creator of man, knew what
would be necessary for mans highest
good. God created man with g
strong affection of the heart for the
home. God has not given man
power impelling him to love or desire
ANYTHING which He has not provided
for him. To satisfy this strong home
sentiment of our nature, God has IN
stituted the home. 1t requires th'
influence of home to give the prope
equilibrium of life and character
Home is the guardian of youth, tn
consolation amid the weary tolls ant
cares of manhood, and the restln!
place for old age. Home is plac
where man can come at the close o
the days toll and rest his wear,
brain from the perplexing topics Q
the day and lay aside all thought c
business in the joys of happy HON
and loving hearts. 1.-THE contracte
brow relaxes and gives place to smile
as he listens to words of love frol
those his heart holds dear" HI
weary brain is refreshed and b
BODY rested when he rises at the daw
t of a new day; and he goes fort
with renewed vigor and strength
: meet its duties and trials. We Sc
the wisdom and goodness of God
, the institution of the home, in its o.
d vious adaptation to the end it serve
Nurture and protection is previous
provided for every growth in natu
in its early existence. The lit
germ of the oak is nourished ar
protected by the acorn until 1t c.
draw its nourishment from the cart
This nourishment and protection
8 provided for all the lower anima
A young animal is soon able to ia
g care for itself but the child must
s. protected and nurtured and FORTH
in every way-physically, mental
and morally, for almost a score
wears before he Is able to care for hi
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