The Glenwood post., 1905-05-06
Home Circle
Column

From the
Editorial pen.-
Pleasant evening 0~11
Reveries. S01&
"If you've gray haired mother
In the old home far away.
Sit down and write the letter
You put off day by day.
Don't wal. until her tired steps
Reach heavens pearly gate.
But show her that you think of her
Before it is too late
Into every life some shadows fall.
However bright and long the day, the
night cometh. The delightful path
way strewn with flowers, and covered
with mossy down, ends in prickly
thistles. brambles and briers. The
glad Easter day Of one year ago may
be tinged with unusual sadness today.
Some dear, sweet face may be missing,
some glad. cheerful voice may be hush
ed, some touching song. unsung, some
blessing unpronounced. some kindly
admonition unspoken.
Some Of our fathers are so busy max
ing the living. and some of our moth
ers are 80 busy with household cares,
that they forget the real object of it
all, which is the making of home.
For them We pass on the following
thought; THE memory Of the beautiful
and happy home childhood is the rich
est legacy that parents can leave to
their children. The heart will never
forget its hallowed influences. 1t
will be an evening enjoyment to which
the lapse of years will only add a new
sweetness Such home is constant
inspiration for good. and as constant a
restraint from evil.
God never intended that strong.
independent beings should be reared
by clinging to others, like the ivy to
the oak. for support. The difficulties,
hardships and trials of life-the
obstacles one encounters on the road to
fortune are positive blessings They
knit his muscles more firmly and teach
him self-reliance. just as by wrestling
with an athlete who is superior to us,
we incle ease our own strength, and learn
the secret of his skill. All difficulties
come to us, as Bunyan says, of temp
tation, like the lion which met Samp
son; the first time we encounter them
they roar and gnasb their teeth, but,
once subdued, we find nest of honey
in them. The greatest curse that can
befall a young man is to lean, while
character is forming, on others for
support. He who begins with crutch-
es will generally end with crutches.
Help from within always strengthens,
but help from without Invariably en-
feebles its recipient 1t is not in the
sheltered garden or the hot house, but
on the rugged Alpine cliffs, where the
storms beat most violently, that the
toughest plants are reared.
God placed Adam at the head of the
household. but he created Adam and
Eve equal, and true happiness can only
come in the married life through the
manhood Of the man being equal to the
womanood of the woman.
Why should hearts spend years on
earth growing into one, knitting life
into life, blending soul into soul, for
union that is not to reach beyond
the valley of the shadows? Husbands
you are the head of the home, why not
be the head of the home for eternity
This is the age of women. We find
all the avocations. professions and
trades of life opening their doors to
admit the enterprisiDg woman. Some
are going into their own, and some are
going into other peoples business
In our admiration for the new woman
there is danger of forgetting the wife
and mother and womans true sphere
as home maker
No word you can utter for good of
humanity will be lost or return to you
void, but will in time bear fruit that
will tell in eternity. Make your mind
a storehouse of good things and never
lose an opportunity to scatter them
broadcast amongst those in need of
spiritual food:
Loving words will cost but little,
Journeying up the hill of life;
But they make the weak and weary
Stronger. braver for the strife -
Dill you ever stop to think that God