Year: 1870

NhAs y xeur Standing at Homes


We often hear the question asked or such


and such an one" What n his sanding


in society," or 6 What is bis standing in
the Church, or among business men? 7" But
we never think Of asking before We take
him into our confidence" How does he
stand at bomsT And yet, the man who
can make reply to this question with nm un-
troubled heart and clear conscience 10 .
hero not SO often met with. but that hs In
worth looking after and closely cultivating.


" Home again, dearest Safe at home,
once more! Oh, how ! have missed you n
So exclaims glad wife, as she meets with
a caress the weary man for whose coming
she has watched and waited until the twi
light has deepened into night She draws
him into the cheerful family room, talking
all the while, and busying herself i'm the
meantime in sandy little contrivances to
make him comfortable. AM here come the
children! You bear chirping voices and
pattering feet in the hall long before the lit
tie rosy faces come in sight.


What shouting snd climbing and what
dlsputing to see who shall get to papa first |
80 much to tell! So many questions to
ask So many kisses to be given and
taken And there is headlong race and
a promiscuous scramble. ending ia general
head over-heels tumble at q suggestion
from mamma that papa would like somebody
to fetch his slippers, maybe.


Hn~ nloo oounftv ~ha ao,lIs ,vo~ khz IL
tracing noise with Now, children, do be
quieti" But il is plain to see that che
enjoys the Aforesaid noise as much as any OF
them, while to the contented man, who is %
snugly ensconced in the most comfortable
chair in the room, this hour Of relaxation ID
full payment for alI The tolls and wearinew
Of the day. This, is one of the men who
stand well at home.


Z" How have missed you!'


You must stand well at home, before
anybody there will ever say the words to
you, just as they ought to be said, How /
have missed you -


How much Of grateful affection il ex-
pressed in that one short sentence! IL
tells of hours Of tender, brooding thought
fessa abssne loved eas. What elssssa
thing II is TO be missed! How We treasure
loves remembrance


How involuntarily the question arises in
the heart of the absent, I" Do they miss me
at homey" And how desolare and bitter
the heart when we feel there are none to
miss us? Not enc to send loving wishes
and thoughts out after us !! Not one kind
voice to greet US when we come How very
hard it must be to lead loveless life !! |
think there can be no other cross 90 hard
TO bear.


God pity and soften the man whose
at home Is not good whose family
shrink away in fearful silence as his foot
crosses the threshold whose children shun
the room that he darkens with his presence
whose wife meets him with pale, spiritles.
crushed look, which tells how small il her
hope of caress, how scanty have been the
loving words and looks that have brighssned
her life. God help those who love him f6r
it is q peaGnce 10 love such q man. And
God bless the generous, cheerful, large
hearted man, who always brings the sum
shine with him, who leaves hin cares and his
business down town." and brings only bis
own cheerful and cheering self home 70 his
family; for his face ID q never-iailing
source Of gladness to those who love him,
and bis tenderness is their highest pride and
surest shield, after Gods.


Ahl if your standing ut home isn't a
good one, dear reader-irrespective of sex
be in q great hurry to make it SO than
you are to do any other thing in this world |!
Don't wait till the memory Of the grieved
look upon some dear face-almost habitual
to it, BY reason of your habitual unkindness
you into into gentlenes when
that face has gone forever from your gaze,
and you can never call forth a smile to
dwell upon il again.-Ne7o York Nail