The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-01

. LIE REV.. bOSlofS T. w. LlSC,
Pastor OF the Maple Avenue NJ. E Church.
the coming age be maintained, the sacred
splendor of the home must be maintained.
II have spoken in Il former discourse of
the sacredness of marriage and the periis
of easy divorce. There are other peri,s 10
the home and its sacred elements. Against
all enemies it should be jealousy pro-
tected.
Not every place of residence is truly n
home. 1t may or it may not be. Nor is
every place of residence CT Il family a
home. 1t may be a trysting place of hell
instead of a yestibuie OF heaven The eie-
ments OF a true home 90 not consist IN
the elegance of the place or the things a
place Of residence contains. Elegance or
plainnesS do not determine the emphasis
and beauty of home.
TT may be a place of indescribable beau
ty and grandeur. in the midst Of gorgeous
environs, where nature and art have done
their utmost to display the harnonics con-
genin! TO the most fastidiouE estiletical
tastes; where accumulated architectural
genius of twenty centuries has created a
veritable palace of wonder and CONVEX
fence. with ccrnice and gable. turret and
dome of Glittering splcndor and faultless
harmony. 1t may be approached by mar
BILE walks leading to steps Of polished
ranite its walls may be laid in richest
and most costly mosaic or Earnishcd with
frescoeS Of most delicate and skiliful de-
sign,
Its drawing-rcoms may be ornamelted
with paintings of famous artists. Music
may delight the ear of the passer-by I'M
I'll. fascinated. he halts before the doors
of the marble palace as before the err
chanted gate. of paradise. Flowers of
richest hue and sweetest odor may fill the
Conservatives. Elegant dining halls may
furnish fruits and viands for the daintiest
appetite; the suns rays by day may
and light by night may adiate from gilt
tering golden electroliers.
"Thfs may be where there is a home in
the true sense, for no place Is too elegant
TO be the dwelling place of trne and pure
hcaven-born love. But 1t may not be a
home: IL may be The dwelling place OF bit
terest experiences. while tho little cottage
on an obscure street MAJ be where love
dweils, though its walls are plain, its fur
nlshingS meager: want may come near.
poverty may pc a frequent caller: there
mly be no music excepting a loving moth
ers sweet song. But If love and mutual
confidence are there, there is no more sa-
cred place on earth.
PECULIAR ELEMENTS.
MAJ and woman have each some elc-
raents peculiar. As Ruskin has said: We
are foolish and without excuse In sneak
Ing of the superiority of one sex over the
other. as though they could lie compared
In similar things. Each Is what the other
Is not And when one tries to be what
the other Is. at the expense of the best
culture of the elements Of his or her own
peculiar elements. there. is pathetic sac
l"l lHt KUN
or every phase of society. particularly the
home. People with the best interest of So
diefy at heart entertain a feeling of min
gled chasrin. sorrow and indignation when
they come in contact, publicly or private
ly. with a 'manish woman
This feeling Is emphasized and the eIe-
ment of pity added when one comes I'm
contact with a womanish man. Both
man and woman should be at best in the
home. and they are so In best civilization.
In the halcyon period OF Rome's history.
when her society was pure. when no d.
vorce was legally granted for SO years.
IT was better TO be a good husband than
TO be a good Senator
But, as has been truly said. when
rightly understood, the best man il ONLY
half a man until he finds a congeniaI
helpmate,' and sometimes he Ia less than
that after his marriage. For. while the
best Of women cannot make men OF some
husbands. sometimes the best OF men do
not increase their usefulness or worth nv
the choice they make in selecting a part.
ner for their homes.
Gentle indness should ever ornament
the homo. and husband and wife should
be the closest companions. with no Sc
crefs from each other. each holding and
culffyating a keen interest in the things
In which the other Is interested. They
should be together n the home as much
rs - possible. Any system of business or
profession. labor or employment, which
take the hubbard and father from his
homo before his little ones are awake In
the morning and keeps him until they are