Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-11-05
A BEAUTIFUL Home

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decked with ornamental trees. In the
midst of these trees stood what seem
ed to be mansion. Friends. it was
lovely spot. The home of one Of tee
Aston family. Again, l crossed the
st Johns river. from Jacksonville,
Fla, and as walked on the grounds
of Harriet Baecher Stowe, I wondered
why do minds aspire to dwell in such
magnificent homes find with few
exceptions, man that is favored with
fortune, seeks such things. Why is
it? God is a mighty GOD. clothed
with majesty Is il possible that man
has an inherited right to call God,
Father Man did have the night be-
fore the fall, for He said we were
created in His likeness. That bsing
the case, what change in man did the
fall bring about The fall. drove
imam from the beautiful to a rough,
thorny life. Now, if God, oul father,
was clothed with majesty, would it be
too much to suppose that we, His
children would partake Of His majes-
tic ways Now, Dryden says. "The
least portions must be of the epic
kind; all must be grave, majestic and
sublime - But, again we say, what
did the fall do' Let us begin at the
worst stages The Fiji islands in the
South Pacific Ocean were inhabited by
race of cannibals, and they ate one
another. But through the great work
of the Western missions mostly, they
are now christians in British colony
under governor, They are rising to
more majestic way through cultiva-
ton, They are seeking to higher
things. Man having been in fallen
condition, with nothing but bis carnal
mind to guide him, has fallen away
from all that was good and pure.
Now, why do minds reach out after
lovely homes The canDibals came up
by cultivation or training. Our child
rem come up from childhood in our
schools Of today, and are largely
what we train them into. Now, while
mans mind can be brought into a
high state of culture, there is great
danger of error True elevation comes
from God, but there is mistaken ele-
walton in temporal things, that finally
drags Us down.
Now, let us look at both sides Of
the question. First, what makes
pure, lovely homeS If we get to heav-
en-, we will have a pure lovely home.
How many desire and are willing 60
pay the price of that homer | would
like to enumerate some of the parts
that are in home that is seeking
higher life and some of the things in
home where they are not striving to
enter in at the straight gate. First,
for lovely home, temporarily 1T may
be as fine as any on the Hudson, but
If the souls therein are not alive to
each others interests and the word of
God. it is not lovely home Kind
ness and affection, aud no complaining
or fault finding, Always using good
language. Oh, l have been in some
homes where they called one another
liars and all kinds of hard names. If
we come up in our homes in this
rough way, We treat others the same,
and to have friends and nice COM
we must treat people friendly
and with kindness, A sweet home is
to be desired above all temporal
things, for it should be a shadow of
our heavenly home. If in Adam we
all lost that which makes up higher
life we are promised it back again by |
working together with God in Christ
or by searching the Word daily to |
have knowledge that will enable us {
to honor God and one another. If 1
some one else has not got the same ]
mind about all things that I have, I {
have no right to abuse them, but l &
must be sure that my mind Is not in
error and that my daily walk and con-
versation is we'll pleasing to our Saw 6
Tor whose ways must copy after. II
A lovely home is not alone in the |
outward appearance. for God looks [
Town into my heart. and sees my life, I
past, present and future. So let us 7
owe one another, il we want a lovely '
nome. "a soft answer turneth away G
wrath, but grievous words stir up an G
ger. Jesus spoke about getting /
beams out Of our eyes. go we could see {
we'll enough to get little notes out of
our brothers. eye. Oh, the great pow 8
,r of kind words to make lovely homes.
just word. You know what we
earl at home we are apt to say or do Y
away from home, and sometimes it
us. Anything that is not
nice away from home, is not nice at 9
home. But anything that Jesus would !
10, would beautify any home, and the
world would be better for our having +
lived in it. e
Best wishes to the readers of the !
Sequachee Valley News and its editor. !
G. K. CHUBBUCK, d
Dunlap, Tenn. 7
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