Milford chronicle., 1905-09-29

+ are lined up between, with the twl
2 places of honor next to the mother re
/ served for the two youngest in thl
family.
No; there is not one missing. As yoi
look about the long table at your sun
day dinner today you will find them al
there. Many a day has passed since
. the first day of last July that YOU
would have given a good deal to have
the whole family about you, as you
have this Sabbath morning. In the
first place. no sooner did the schools
close last summer than the children
went everywhither. One of your boys
went camping, one of your daughters
went to visit school friend in the
east or on the ranch, your wife had to
take tie Sick child down to the sea-
shore, you as the husband and father
were away for some time on business
/ trip and when you returned you had
/ to spend most Of your time in the city.
You snatched your Sundays off and
/ few days here and there to 20 to the
country, but for the most part you
were alone. Now the family is reunit-
ed. Schools have opened. The boys
and girls have to come back to their
books. The many dangers Of travel
nre past. Say what YOU will, you wor-
ried a great deal about that boy Of
yours using that gun. Yes; you are all
home again, safe and well. Thank God
today for your reunited familiesl
"Amen! Amen!" l can hear from doZ-
rms of grateful lips as great climax
10 this domestic thanksgiving.
Thanks For Reunited Families.
Then, again. l want you to thank |
God that you have returned to the /
work of the store, or the factory. or the (
office. Let me see; how long were you .
out in the country? Two weeks? Three
weeks? Ten days? Oh, it does not
matter much how long I know one
fact about you, and that is you We're
away long enough to know that the
hardest work a strong, healthy man
ever has to do is to learn how to do
nothing. When you left the city some
months ago you went off in high hopes.
Nothing to do; nothing to do" was
your congratuatory cry. The first
night you went to bed in the country
you said to yourself: Now / am going
to stay in bed just as long as l wish.
| am not going to get up until II
o'clock if ! do not desire" Did you
stay in bed until II o'clock? Oh, no. ,
You arose at your regular time. Ola ,,
habits cannot be broken in a day.
Then after a few fishing trips and a j.,
ew mountain climbs you began to
,row restless. You wanted to get back
o work. Then. if mistake not. it has /
Deen your good fortune during this va j.
alton to be thrown with few chron- :,
2ally unhappy unhappy because n
hey have nothing to do. Perhaps on .
ccOunt of inherited wealth or from
he fact that they have made money =,
hey retired from business to have i
Ood time. What a miserable mistake /.
ley have made. Instead of being hap =,
y with nothing to do, you have found y
nat they are the most unhappy of a,
zen. They spend most Of their time IN =.
laying nurs egjrl or picking up pins .l
: in finding fault with their children II
? in making the lives of their wives =,
miserable as their own. The simple ~
ct is full blooded man like You has II,
, business loating around the house Io
it'll nothing to do. If you loiter about
e house thus you will degenerate into or
thing but first class "fusser" and 8,
genuine masculine nuisance You co
low that you never felt happier than on
hen you boarded the street car the tie
ler day and started for the store. In ~
r time | have met hundreds of 70
althy men who had retired from Nj
Siness because they had amassed go,
mpetency. l never envied one of +bi
IN. l have always thanked God, NO
st, that he has given me health: sec Al
diy, that he has compelled me to a,,
,rk. Thank God today that you have In
an able to cast off the 'iuactivities of 90,
'acation and have been compelled to on,
back to the daily treadmills Of man 4
and mental toll. The financial s,I
uggles of life not only earn bread Io
our children, hut also unlimited vii
s for our own healthful physical wit
/ mental existence Cbi
Welcome BacIS 10 Church. gro
'ut as l welcome you back to the ing
re and to the domestic fresides Yea
/ to your reunited families I also it?
leone you back TO your church home 100
to your family pew / welcome sui
/ home to the Household of faith.7 her
Welcome you home to Gods temple. us
ere You can worship God better and and
re simply ana deyotedly than in any me,
er church in all this round planet to
Welcome you back from this pulpit Let
TO this altar. ''LO
That do I mean by making such a pew
-ement as this! You may have sat and
liner churches than your own while this
have been away; you may have our
rd more eloquent preachers than yea
r own; you may have had your INTO
Is lifted by grander music. more seas
uisitely rendered than you hear in Wor
r own church. but has that given yea
a distaste for the home services? p? vac
no. AS the best place for main Vi
grow aud live in a domestic sense g'li
Y the dreside Of his own home. so uo,,I
best place in which he is to build ~
spiritually is in his own church. 4'1i ~,
spite Of Yourself when Won 90 TO 'i"i