The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-10-13
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HOME AGAIN.

home again. mOtner your BOY VIII
remain
For time at least in the old home
again,
How good to see you in your cornered
nook
With knitting or sewing, or paper
or book;
The same sweet mother my boyhood
The faithful, the patient, the tender,
the true.
''You have little changed; all, well,
maybe
A few gray hairs in the brown | see;
A mark or two under smiling eyes,
So lovingly bent in your glad sur
prise:
'Tis l who have changed; All, mother
mine.
From teasing boy to a manhood's
prime.
"No longer climb on your knee at
night
For a story told in the soft freight;
No broken slate, or buo> all torn,
Do l bring to you with its edges
worn;
But I'll come to you with my graver
cares;
You'll help me bear them with
tender prayers.
"Ill come again as of old, and you
Will help the man to be brave and
true;
For tue mans the boy, only older
grown,
And the world has many stepping
stone.
All, mother mine, there is always rest
When find you in the old home
nest.
Kind words are like jewels in
the heart, never to be forgotten,
but perhaps to cheer by their
memory long, sad life. While
words of cruelty are like darts in
the bosom, wounding scars that
will be borne to the grave by
their victims.
Never be too tired or too
busy to welcome an absent ones
return with a pleasant greeting.
If at any time reprOof be neces
sary, give it gently and firmly
but never on the eve of parting
nor on the absent ones return.
Let pleasant memories hallow the
parting hour and the homecOm.
ing.
In the very beginning it was
decided by the highest authority
that it was not good for man to
be alone, and we don't wonder
at it. when we look about us and
see how much some men expect
of their wives. We read some
where recently that "Of all crea,
lures in the world man is the
most helpless alone. A chicken
two hours out of the shell can
better take care of itself than
man can" OF course woman
wrote that, and the next conclu.
sion is that that woman has
washed her husbands neck and
ears ever since she has had him
and has made him the helpless
creature that he is.
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The question Is often asked, ia
marriage failurei We say, no,
If you don't expect too much of
it; but don't run the risk of try
ing to reform a man after mar.
riage. In all probability you will
be disappointed if you do. If
yo1r husband used tobacco when
you married him, the Bible for
bids curtain lectures afterward,
for it says, "he that is filthy, let
him be filthy still.n There is a
bright side to everything, if you
will only look until you find it.
If your husband smokes. be
thankful he don't chew; if he
smokes and chews both, be thank
full that he doesn't drink; if he
does all three, be thankful he
won't live long.
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There are very few children
indeed that get over their early
training. In my native town
there stands in front of the
school building, a large oak tree.
When this tree was quite small
boy climbed to the top of it
and swinging off by his weight,
and pulled it over to the ground.
1t still shows the effect of that
bending. How many people go
through life with their characters
all bent and warped for the want
of proper early training. Being
gentle and tender in her nature,
woman comes in close contact
with children, welding an inf1u-
ence that no one else possibycould.
Had it not been for the wise, con.
secrated Christian mother, this
country might never have had
character so noble as that of
George Washington. OF how
many mothers might it be said as
o great man once said of his
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