The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-12-02

daughter, wife.
strews with fresh flowers the marrow
way Of life;
In the clear heaven of her delightful
eye, "a
An angel-guard of loves and graces
lie; ma s1ll
Around her knees domestic duties
meet, r.,
And fireside pleasures .gambol at her
feet,
Where shall that land that spot on
earth be found?
Art thou a man, a patriot? Look
round; ,.@
Oh, thou shalt find where'e1 thy foot
steps roam, *
That land, thy country, and chat spot
thy home" =.,. -
These words of the poet find a re-
sponsive chord in our better nature
and we thank God for, the home, and
the family altar, where 10 strange
fire was offered, but the sacrifice or
a pure heart, where our fatners
prayed for the presence Of Him VINO
entered the home of Mary and
Martha with majestic step, sympa-
thetic heart, and healing touch. Inc
home that insisted THAI. marriage Us
divine and the marriage vow must pc
sealed with His own pure white seal.
The home where in His name they
gave thanks to Almighty God at all
their feass. Though we sing the
praises of the past, we are not pessl-
mistic for the present or the future
we still sing Home Sweet Home
and rejoice that no anarchistic IN
dividualism has destroyed the sane
tity of the home and the family.
II. Closely connected with ire
home is the church, but when we
speak OF the church, let us get away
from any narrow and bigoted sectar-
ian notion and let us speak OF 1t as
the institution of which Christ is the
head. The institution that not only
claims to believe in HIS word but al
so huanbly tries to do His Will:
There may be many denominations
but there is only one great denom-
nant truth ;there may be many t'rms
lbut there is only one great founda-
tion; Their may be many creeds but
there is only one Christ; there may
he many symbols bu: there 10 only
one salvation. Neither is there any
other, for there is no other name un-
der Heaven given among men where
by we mus. be saved" Il
Let us think of the church as a
gospel ship whose officers and pass
engers are His deciples indeed, sail.
ing the spiritual seas toward the ever
lasting harbor whose Master is God;
the ship that sets us compass by the
star of Bethlehem and hopes to make
fast in the final port by the scarlet
chord of sacrifice.
! AT first there were only handful
of men, but these witnessed for the
Christ, they went everywhere preach
ling the word,new deciples were made
finally Paul turned toward Rome
land under the power OF Paul's gos-
pei Rome fell. Still the ship sailed
on, in Gods own good time DIT land
ed at our own shores, and those men
and women who feared God still
prayed and. preached and with the
first fruits of their labor built TEN
pies of worship and dedicated them
| to Almighty God They went up and
| down the coast, they went inland,
some Wen: beyond the mountains
carrying with them the gospel of
good news There were added unto
them" such as were being saved I'M
Til now fom Portland Main to Port
land Oregon, we can hear the tri-
umphant strains of the grand old
hymn;
"All hail the power of Jesus's
d. name
,%; Let angels PROSTATE fall
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown Him Lord of all"
No wonder that our nation though
the youngest among nations is a
world power, whose flag proudly
floats the seas and must be respected
by King, Gar and Sultan. For to
crown, Him Lord of all is to ally our
elves with the worlds Conquerer,
though his only weapon is the sword
Of love. Sag
III. Next. after the church the
fathers built the school. In Guizot's
History of Europe we read: THE
New England settlement Of Puritans
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