El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-05

became a living soul" an inhabitant
of the earth which God had made, and
equipped with everything necessary Tor
the sustenance of life, but as yet man
had no home; no sacred spot toward
which he could turn his feet at even
tide and find quietude and rest
But we read again that the LORD
God planted a garden eastward in
Eden, and there he put the man whom
he had formed" From this we learn
that special dwelling place IS a nee
eSSary and component part of the nome
But this isn't all II takes TO CONSTITUTE
home according % the divine plan.
Man may have a special dwelling place,
a mansion, IL you please. furnished with
everything necessary for the sustenance
of life, and yet not have home IN the
true senses and meaning Of the term,
for:
Homes not merely roof and room.
Home needs something to endear it;
Home is where the heart can bloom,
And where there's some fond heart to
cheer il"
Woman n Necessary Part of Home.
God realized that fact, and hence We
hear him saying: 1T is not good that
the man should be alone I will make
deep sleep to come upon him, he TOOK
from Adams side a rib, out OF which
he fashioned woman; and there beneath
the shady bowers Of their Eden dwell
ing place, God himself pronounced them
husband and wife. thus giving to the
marital relation the Sanctitv nf divine
appreciation; and at the same time
teaching US that. according to the di-
vine plan. woman is necessary and
component part of the home
1 don't mean to say, however, that the
presence Of a woman in the home al
ways insures domestic happiness, for
it does not There are some women
whose presence in the home are not
at all conducive to domestic happiness.
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and they made it so unpleasant for
him that 1t seems he sometimes had to
hide himself away in the garnet in or
der to escape their fury: hence we hear
him saying: 1T is better to dwell in
the corner Of the house top. than with
2 brawling woman in a wide house.
It seems strange that woman. who was
created as help-meet and cOmpaniO on
for man, should so far forget her mis-
sion as to render herself so uncompan-
iOnable as that. But all women are
mon had TO deal with In fact. I be-
Jieve that very large majority of
our women are loyal to the mission
for which they were created and stand
ready to help man in every way possf-
I bic to make home just what God in
tended it to be. the stepping stone TO
| the church, the anteroOm TO heaven;
and while some of the domestic infe-
Lefty Of earth may De justly charged
to woman. yet 1 believe the most of ii
has arisen from causes that lie within
the province Of man himself.
Home a Kingdom.
But this is not all that it takes to
constitute home" according to the d.
vine plan. It has been said that
home is kingdom within a king
dom" A kingdom wherein husband and
wife reign as king and queen. But a
kingdom implies subjects as well as
rulers. Where. then. are the subjects
that rightly belong to this kingdom
Children" says the inspired word
are the heritage of the Lord, and
children's children are the crown of old
men," All here are the subjects which
according to the divine plan, rightly
belong to the home kingdom Ard that
special dwelling of husband and wife