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

Text. And the Lord God Planted n
garden eastward In Eden, and there put
the man whom he had formed. Gen 2:S.
TT IS not my purpose to try to 10
cate the Garden of Eden. nor to
i dwell upon its beauty and lowell
ness. It matters but little to US where
that garden was located; whether IN
Armenia, as some suppose, or in Chal-
dea or America, as still others sup
pose Sufficient for US to know that
there was such a place and that there
God himself laid the foundation OF the
Home" that most sacred of all insti-
tutionS, with the possible exception of
the church itself
I want to speak to you Of home
and what it takes to constitute domeS-
tic happiness
1 am glad to live in a country where
the people love their homes, and cher
ish the ties that bind them together as
father and mother, brother and sister.
husband and wife. l do not know now
it is in other countries, but do know
that the American people have an in
born reverence for that place they call
home; whether it be a palace or a
hut. Whether it be mansion. beauu-
fully adorned and furnished with all
that fondest heart can crave; or Wheth-
er it be a cabin scantily furnished with
the necessaries of life. In either case
there is that same love and reverence
that will cause the heart OF the wan
dering American to thrill with dellght
whenever he revisits that sacred spot
I am aware of the fact that there
are some whose hearts have become SO
hardened and calOused with sin that
home with all its sacred ties no longer
has any charm for them; but these are
the exceptions, the rule is, the Amer1-
can people love their homes and cner-
ish the ties that bind the family to-
gether. If this were not true the NOR
tai remains of John Howard Payne
would doubtless have been left to mol
der back to dust In African SOIL II
was not the fame he achieved as an
actor, but the song that he wrote,
Home, Sweet Home" that caused the
Africa to bring his body to the nome
land and bury it in the capital city OF
the nation and erect monument Jhere
to his memory. And wherever that
song is sung it touches a cord in the
heart of the American. and starts with
in his mind a train of thoughts mat
carries him back, over mountain, des-
ert and sea to where father and moth-
err brother and sister all reveled IN
each others love around a common
hearthstone. All. truly did the poet
express the sentiment OF the true
American when he said:
How dear to our hearts are the scenes
of our childhood,
When fond recollection invites them
The orchard. the meadow. the deep
tangled wildwood.
And all the loved scenes that my
childhood e'er knew.
But we want to notice what it takes
to constitute home" according to the
divine plan.
Man, the Home Pilot.
In the first place there is man. Man
is a component part of the home IN
deed. according to the divine plan man
stands at the head of the home instItu-
| ton: the pilot as it were, upon whose
| shoulders rests the burden Of respon-
sibility But man alone is not the
home: standing alone he is simply an
. inhabitant of the earth We read that
1.-THE Lord God formed man out of the
dust of the earth and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life, and man