Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-15
: BY w. T. WILLIAMS


training and advice. He had grown
to manhood without the nurture which
is due to every child, and, therefore,
we were also introduced to the home
in which he was brought up. We are
certain of it's spirit because we saw
its fruit. The home in which he was
brought up was woefully faulty.
Judging by his size and appearance
our companion was born well, but we
are sure that he was not brought up
well. He was lacking in those funda-
mentals that make for solid and
trustworthy character. He believed
that he was right when he was igno-
miniously erroneous. He thought that
he was doing good when he was mis-
representing and undermining all
that is sacred. He did not know that
he was doing harm when he was
glaringly harmful. His intellect was
an arid desert, which could be of
no support to him in times of storm,
and he was not aware of it. He de-
nounced, he ridiculed, he scoffed, he
derided, when, in truth, he himself
was the one that deserved such treat
ment.
Then amid all other created things,
our homes have their peculiar way of
expressing themselves. They have
their peculiar tongues and they saal-
not be held still. They speak un-
ceasingly. Their voices follow us un-
to the end of the day, and even for
ever. We cannot deny them though
we try. They are so much of US that
they speak through us in everything
we do and say, yes, even through our
very attitude. Their spirit is in the
warp and woof of our beings. The
very fibres of our souls are leavened
by it, and all the phases of our charac-
ters declare it. AS the heavens de-
clare the glory of God, and the firma-
ment his handiwork so our homes de-
clare our glory and demonstrate to all
intents purposes the element OF
their nature. We are rewarded ac-
cording to our efforts. What we SOW
we reap. Day unto day utteretf
speech, we read, and night unto night
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utter their speech day by day fully
as unmistakably, and night unto night
shows their knowledge fully as un
deniably. This is of necessity the cas-
because they are our creations. They
are our works. They are what we ar,
able to do along the line of the beau
tiful and serviceable. The heaven,
being beautiful and serviceable the,
declare the glory of their Maker. The,
speak of Him in accordance will
what has been invested in them. The,
cannot do more nor less than this. S.
it is with our homes-they speak o
what we have invested in them.
we have clothed them with humility
meekness, goodness, sacrifice, rever
ence, the knowledge that fadeth moi
we receive in return the dues whic
belong to faithful servants, which en-
large hundredfold in this life, an
afterwards a continuance of growt
which is ineffable. But if we hav
clothed them with pride, arrogance
1 carelessness, selfshness, disregard fo
sacred things, the knowledge that mis-
leads, we will receive the reward @
unfaithful servants, which is too de
: plorable and disappointing to give
utterance.
!, Our homes, therefore, are the mos
! ! sacred of all institutions. Amid a
created things, they take the lea,
Il Pre-eminence belongs to them, an
. the one who does not see this and a,
accordingly, is building on a found;
! tion of sand. He is not wise in h
, choice, and sooner or later, he will |
4 abruptly awakened to the fact. OF
q homes are the places in which we al
4 trained for the world. They are tt
a sacred spots where we are mac
o weak or strong, where we develop {
q degenerate. Without them OF
s churches and schools are laboring Wi
e their hands and feet tied, but vii
Al them they are the greatest and gran
n est of all helpers. Without the hon
: they can do nothing, but with Il
a home, there is not anything whi
in they cannot do. They have been a
n pointed to go together. This is t
II royal road of growth, for going S
n. paratedly is destructive. The hor
,e is the center of all these attraction
,e and none of them can take its plat
Without the home, the world is lost
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