Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-19
DEFINES MEANING
OF WORD HOME.
Or. Brougher breaches Last OF
Sermons on How to Be
Happy Tho Married
ILLUSTRATES WITH ACR0STIC
Claims Society Becoming More
and More Insincere and
InhoSpitable
ILLUSTRATES WITH ACRoSTIC

Last night Dr. ]. Whitcomb Brough-
er preached at the Auditorium to
crowded house the last serm III N the
series on "aow to Be Happy Though
Married" His subject was "IIome.
Sweet Home-the Best Place on
Earth"
DR.. Brougher said in part:
"The four letters that spell the little
word HOME mean a vastly different
thing to different people. To one it
stands for unrest, and quarrels, and
wrangles, and nagging. and sin, ana
sorrow; to another it stands for all
that is sacred and sweet. kind and
gentle. loving and holy. To one it Is
a hell on earth; to another 1t Is
heaven. The home at Bethany was
the vestibule of heaven. Let us try
to catch the secret of its happiness.
1 believe we may find them in the let
ters which compose the name
HOME
SOCIETY is ICY
Il. The letter H stands for genuine
Hospitality This is one of the CHIEF
chara cteristics of all the homes mem
toned in the Bible. In Christ's day
and country all che homes were open
to stranger or friend. This was pre-
eminently the characteristic of the
home at Bethany. Here Jesus often
came to rest and to enjoy the COM
pany of Mary, Martha and Lazarus.
But hospitality is not greatly prac-
ticed today AS the cities increase in
size real homes decrease. and many
live in apartments and flats, with TO
room to raise children or entertain
their friends. Society is becominS <
more and more inhospitable. Ere
Quently it is a great social sea. Ill
which icebergs grind against icebergS,
and you feel much like an icicle In
its swirl. There are places in this
warm climate where any one can be
given a chill in five minutes. warm
grasp of the hand is an insult, the sin
cere expression of good feeling is rude,
the hearty laugh is considered the
sign of an empty head, and all real,
genuine sincerity is out of place.
FLAYs DECEITFULNESS
ITO feel at home there must be sim
ply the smile and the e and the on
and the 'Ah.' the kangaroo bend and
the monkey handshake,' and the lying
expression that you have had most
'dee-lightful time while your hostess
returns the lie by saying she hopes
that youth come again. But thank
us still an expression of genuine hos
pitality. They can be found In all
parts of the country, and many are
still found here in Los Angeles. There
ought to be more of them where Christ
IA always welcome, and where his
Spirit controls all its activities.
"2. The letter 90 stands for One
ness of purpose and aim. At the mar
riage altar the preacher pronounces
~ fc
times uncertain. But every true home
should be bound together by the ties
of genuine love. Too much cannot be
said today against marriages made for
money, or the basing of the home life
upon anything but the purest and
truest love. Standing in the divorce
court, or reading the newspapers, one
cannot help but feel that much that
is called love today has no foundation
in fact home that is cemented to-
gether upon a basis of lust or passion
or money is bound to fail.
49, The letter M stands for mutual
helpfulness. Home is the place where
every member of the family should find
recuperation and renewed strength for
life's battles. Life is a warfare; home
is where the father and his little army
equip themselves for the days battle.
What a blessing it is to have some
pldCe 10 SUZUKI Soul al ms W uiOP Scci
knapsack, and find rest from life's
cares and struggles. Here is the place
where we should bear one another's
burdens. Father and mother, son and
daughter. should each be working to
make home happy for the other.
"a. The letter e stands for Ever
lasting joy and happiness. The ideal
home, after all, should be a type of
heaven. If it is to be, Jesus Christ
must be the center of that home. The
chief characteristic of heaven will be
the presence of him who died to re-
deem a lost world"