Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-28

own libraries. I want you to thank
God today for your city house which q
few weeks ago you looked upon a. q
prison. but now, With its rooms and
its closets and it's familiar entrance,
you consider the most blessed place IN
all the world.
Blessings oe Home.
1t IL q strange fact that. III order
to appreciate our city homes as well
as our other blessings, most of us
ha ve to be deprived Of them for awhile.
We are a great deal like that quaint
laborcr who was a bod carrier. A
friend was commiserating with him be-
cause be had to carry hs heavy load
Of bricks up the ladders to the top Of
a htst1 wall. "Oh." he said. II do not
mind the going up much, for when I
reach the top I always feel 40 Con.
tented when I put my load down."
Most Of ~. once In awhile. have 70
carry . heavy load In order to be
happy when sse 10 .a0t have any loaAs
to carsx. We must Be ssparstsd for
a time from our blesetngs In order 10
appreciate them when they come back
to Us. We are like some people living
In the climate OF southern California,
one Of the most glorious climates In
all ~ world. Here people sometimes
grow absolutely tired Of the sunshine.
oh" saAd q man TO me some time ago,
u wash I could sst rid Of the sun. I
Inn 90 tired Of looking at. II. It IL beau
tiful day after beautiful day for week
In and week out and for month in and
month out. would that l could see
Just one OLD fashioned New England
storm or Illinois blizzard" YES" I
answered my friend. You wish you
could see q Chicago blizzard again. but
a. 1907 40 Il begins to howl about your
ears and send IT'S chills running up aud
down your backbone and make you
hug the FIRE you would mighty quick
wish you could feel again the glowing
warmth Of the California sim" 1t
does seem strange that perpetual bless.
inQs osn pail upon us. We must be
deprived Of blessings for q little while
to appreciate them when we get them
back. This fact Is especially true Of
the comforts Of our city homes.
longing For the Country.
When the summer months drew nenr
last spring the city honse did not look
rs attractive to lis AS it is today. We
ionged for that little cottage by the
%senshore, or we longed TO give up
housekeeping and have a change Of
cooking and go and board at the SUN
mer hotels. We pictured the beauti.
full visions Of sitting under the trees
and hearing the bees hum. Our
mouths watered ut the idea of eating
the fresh laid eggs and drinking the
rich milk. thicker than city cream.
The trunks were packed; the tickets
were bought; the city house was de-
serted. For what? Instead of the
beautiful cottage by the sea, some Of
US exchanged our comfortable city
homes for Il little bandbox Of a house.
1t was 80 small that We had TO so out
into the front yard to turn around. or
else we might have done ourselves a
physical Injury. Or. Instead OF the
great wide parlors o. our city home.
we were shut up in two or three little
that, like the chickens on a sultry day,
we had to keep our mouths open most
Of the time to catch our breath Then
the food. Rich milk: Fresh laid eggs
Delicious vegetable? On. no! rhe
best OF the fnrm products are sent ia
the city markets. not to the country
We we're crowded and jostled. We had
TO read y books in st!tf backed. m.
comfortable chairs. or sit down under
the trees. where we were always afraid
Of being stung BY the yellow jackets
Instead Of our great big city closets
we had to 1--we for the most part II
trunks. And the beds! Oh, my. tn,
mattresses must have been made GU
Of shavings. And everywhere 70,
turned you kept longing for the com
forts OF your city home. Now. m,
friends. we are back to our city homes
Let us thank God for them. Let u,
thank God for the simple, wholesome
meals we have. Let w thank him TO
the sitting rooms, with their big, com
Portable chairs. and for the bedrooms
where we have a place for everything
and everything II its place. DO no
talk to me of the sublime blessings Of
summer watering piace. but OF tn
sublime blessings and comforts of OIL
own city homes.
The Gold Setting.
We should also thank God for on
city homes in a broad e,ense. VIA
the gold setting is to the preciou
stone, the halls. the walls, the fire
places, the bedrooms. the sitting ant
dining rooms and the parlors are I
ue family jewals we call our wlvei
II husbands, u fathers and mother
and children and brothers and sisters
There Is an old motto which we Ofte
hear upon the street. What IL hom
without q mother1" We sometime
hear 1t fippantiy spoken. Hut I nc
only ask this question in a reverentia
sense, but I ask the same kind OF
question In q broader sense. l asl
HWbat would home be without all til
children aud the parents being gath
cred together under the same roof?
In truth, It would not be q home. Thu
today, amid the blessings OF our vac,
ton compensations. l thank God tha
our families are reunited. than
God that father sta at one end of til
table and that mother sits at the othe
end Of the table and that all the chi
drop frou> the hicpnst IN thA vnSyn coa