Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes by J. M. Judy
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their sentiment. Out of eight hundred replies received, seven gems
were selected as follows: "Home--A world of strife shut out, a world of love shut in. "Home--The place where the small are great and the great are small. "Home--The father's kingdom, the mother's world, and the child's paradise. "Home--The place where we grumble the most and are treated the best. "Home--The center of our affection, round which our heart's best wishes twine. "Home--The place where our stomachs get three square meals daily and our hearts a thousand. "Home--The only place on earth where the faults and failings of humanity are hidden under the sweet mantle of charity." Dr. Talmage defines home, as "a church within a church, a republic within a republic, a world within a world." Dr. Banks writes, "It is not granite walls, or gaudy furniture, or splendid books, or soft carpets, or delicious viands that can make a home. All of these may be present, and yet it be only a dungeon, if the great simplicities are not there." Sings one: "Home's not merely roof and room, Needs it something to endear it. Home is where the heart can bloom, Where there's some kind heart to cheer it. Home's not merely four square walls, |
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