The Grenada sentinel., 1906-07-21
Home Circle
THE ISLE OF HOME.


Heart-sore and sick. my fathers door,
And as climbed the winding road
Up the last hill, a something glowed
Within my bosom like flame,
An ecsJacy without a name.
For there, across the evenings gloam.
saw the old barn darkly loom.
And past IL. from window bright
sword of glory pierced the night
The light of home. AS from afar
The wise men saw the heavenly star,
So tn at sweet light, unto my eyes,
Seemed leading on to Paradise
Again. in fancy draw near;
Again l through the window peer,
Again pass the open door;
Again l steal across the floor
Again clasp my mothers form;
Again feel her tear-drOpS warm;
Again grasp my fathers hand:
Again feel my heart expand
Into that overwhelming sense
OF joy too deep for utterance.
But It's a romance often told
story that Is sweet and old.
A tale that's found the worlds heart warm
Since Jesus gave it deathless form;
And many heart with joy has burned
Above some prodigal returned.
SO sweet that scene was unto me,
1t sheds q balm through memory.
\ sort of kindly influence brought
TO touch and gladden. every thought.
That night slept within-O joy
The room | slept in when boy.
golden dream came unto me;
| thought the whole world was a sea,
Whose breaking waves rose fierce and high
Beneath a black, tempestuouS sky
And many life sibw go ont;
And many a wreck was strewn about:
But. safe amid the rush and roar
| stood upon IA happy shore,
land that ShOne meath Heavens smile.
sunny. green and peaceful isle,
On which the old house reared its form,
An ark of safety i'm the storm;
| stood, amid the breakers foam,
Secure upon the Isle Of Home.
If you will learn the seriousness of
life, and it's beauty also, live fer your
husband; do like the nightingale to
his domestic life; be to him like the
sunshine between the trees; unite
yourself inwardly to him, be guided
by him, make him happy and then
you will understand what is the best
happiness of life and will acquire, in
your own eyes, d worth with God and
with man. Woman is deSignedly a
companion and helpmate for man. She
can assist him in the affairs of a hum
bic home, or in the duties of public
life. She is no less wOmanly when she
enters the various arts, sciences,
trades and professions than when she
graceS only the domestic circle. Sue
ceSSful men in public or private life
often owe much Of their success to the
assistance rendered them by their
wives, mothers or sisters.
The first word child utters is apt
to be Mother" and the old man in
his dying dream calls mother.
mOther!' 1t matters not whether
she was brought up in the surround
ingS Of city and in affluent home.
and was dressed appropriately with
reference to the demands of modern
life, or whether she wore the old time
cap and great round spectacleS and
apron of her own make, and knit your
socks with her own needles, seated by
the broad fireplace, with great black |
logs ablaze on winter night. 1t mat
terS not how many wrinkles crossed |
and recrOSSed her face, or how much /
her shoulders stopped with the bur-
denS of long life, if you painted a
Madonna hers would be the face.
What gentle hand she had when we
were sick, and what voice to SOoth
pain, and was there anyone who could
SO till up a room with peace and puri-
ty and light? And what a sad day
that was when we came home and she
could greet us not, for her lips were
forever still.
We have seen signs that indicate
that gambling in various forms is get
ing fOothold in the community. No
ice the effect of this crime upon do
nestle happiness. 1t has sent it's
ruthless plowShare through hundreds
II families, until the wife sat in rags,
lnd the daughters were disgraced,
lnd the sons grew up to the same in
amous practices or took a short cut
% destruction across the murderer's
caffOld. Home has loSu all charms
or the gambler. How tame are the |
hlldren's careSSeS and wife'S devO- ]
ion to the gambler. How drearily I
he fire burns on the domestic hearth, {
There must be louder laughter, and &
omething to win and something to
OSe, an excitement to drive the heart &
aSter and FLIP the blood and fire the
No home, however
right, can keep back the gamester ,
The sweet call of love bounds back ,
rom his iron soul, and all the endear- ;
1ents are consumed in the flame of :
lis passion. :
The home that possesses a cheerful r
7ife and mother is not only a verita- T
lie haven of rest, but the safe harbor s
7hoSe beacon light will guide her 4
read-winners safely past all rocks e
nd shoals with unfailing certainty. 4
The woman whose cheerful spirit can g
AXE that brave attitude towards o
fe" that enables her to bear coura- J
eouSly the enevitable burdens of her {
fe'S environment. that strengthens '
er determinations not to fret or wor- II
y those who, for her sake, are fight Y
lg the hard battles in the world, has l
cached that altitude that proclaims r
er price above rubies; and her infiu. Q
nee and example are not felt only u