Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-10-14
MARYLAND A HOME STATE.
SERMON AT ST. AENE's By
CANON DEVRIES.
TIE Spiritual Side Of Home Coming
WEI ID Annapolis.

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field and request ~ The Rector ~ s..
Anne's. the sermon for Home coming
Week Was preached yesserday - ibe
| Protestant Episcopal Church ~ ti5ia
city ~ ff.e Rev. William 4. DeyHea,
Canon of Washington.
The visiting clergyman. WbO - a
Mar lander, WAS formerly q Bali
asoreaD. Ile Close for his if&f ~.
Join, third CHAPTER. II, II and ~
verses And - Moses ind ~ the
seYpe8t il fbe wilderness. even ~
must the Hon ~ Sian b. Iiffed up that
uh0soeyer beliescfh 10 Him should
not perish, Bot have eternal life for
God 50 loved The World that lie Rave
flle only DeeOtten Son fl5af whose
ever bcilegelb IN Him Should not
perish, but iage everlasting life"
The clergyman said IN part :
Home, tie word identified with The
fact IL surely one " the most precious
aud beautiful words 10 our English
language. Il - the source ~ an
eser. yelling spring Of emotion and
action IL the hearts 81 each u 90.
10 - MaryiaDdefs and those ~ -
~ the South, the vOTd home rings
viii = peculiar power. IL one ~ the
iTesf or abroad meets one from Mary
Land Of Virginia, tie residents ~
these states do not say they are from
tie respective states, but I'm q Mary
lander I'm alVlfginiaB.' There -
a personal pride ~ states rites and =
deep feeling ~ tie claimant Tor bis
citizenship.
'4sfaryIand Is distincigcly state
Of separate homes, and there 81, there
fore, q peculiar feeling for home ties
IL this state. sfspy people own their
own homes. Not only Do We live IN
orr own home, but ue lose our own
home. Maryland homes, especially
those ~ Annapolis, and other pgrtz d
tl,e state. haze been ~ one family for
decades. sometimes centuries. There
-. therefore. a p0wer that comes into
tie lives ~ the sons and daughters u
MARYLAND that ~ peculiarly the state y
own. MARYLAND makes her homes not
only = place for her sons and daDgb-
tiers, but tie stranger within her
gates"
TIse clergyman spoke q Home Com,
ing Week, which ge said IN some
states had been observed - restore.
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those states. In Maryland there - no
deeAyfng portions ~ restore. The state
vas never IN = more prosperous con-
dfffon than nov. Maryland - fu the
bf2b tide 81 prosperity and We need not
this Home Coming Week 10 give our
selves any anxiety for her welfare.
IL ~ a season wiBere the home return
iux sons and eaugbteTg viii draw
fresh inspiration and when they re-
turn u their bones IN other states,
the name and praise Of Maryland will
resonnd throughout the length ard
breadth Of this broad land.
The Home is the centre Of social
life. Man Is made by fellowship and
through fellowship, and home train
ing Cts him for this life. Heroes
cannot save nation where the ideal
nation and tho ideal home IS degrad-
ed. This IS best illustrated, ne said,
in the fate Of Greece. The family is
benefited by three sacraments-mar-
rage. fatberboOd, brotberboOd-by
which IL is Deauti6ed and balIowed.
Marriage is the contract in which man.
hood and womanbood is completed. II
the woman becones manly, the fibre
becomes cOarseF; II the man becomes
womanIy, the fibre becomes weak.
Scarcely can there be anything more
repuIsive than a manuish woman, or
a womanish man.
The clergyman spoke Of the Inya-
sion OF worIdliness in our homes, and
said wOrldIincss was filling our lives
SO much as 10 the exclusion Of the
home life. He said the increase Of
wealth had Increased secret vices, such
vices that were all unknown to Amer
leans until the last twenty-five years.
These vices, he said, are gnawing al
our homes. There is an alarming in
crease Of insanity thereby, and an in
crease Of the divorce courts. lie be-
sought fathers and mothers to instruct
their children Of physical facts, OF
the foundation Of physical life, the
Ignorance Of which causes awful dan
ger TO heart and soul and destroys al
most child life. lie said it is a false
sense Of modesty and delicacy not "a
try to save our homes from such i'm
pending danger.
The clergyman urged grace before
meals, bringing children to the church
services, an afternoon with the Bible
In the home. Homes, he said, need
TO own and Acknowledge and serve
the Lord Jesus Christ AZ the head OF
church and Of home. II ye love your
homes, your state, your nation, Him
and Him only will ye serve. lie
besought the congregation present in
the name OF Joshua Choose We this
day whom you wili<scrye." lie said
in closing: y know IL We serve the
Lord, our beloved Maryland will be
always be successful not only in things
material, but in things spiritual
one for God and His righteousness.
NOW REAR ADMIRAL ROSS.