| Show 1 Keep the Home Horne Fires Burning f T By Dr James E. E Talmage m DE Homo home What aro are aro the they T Tim The expression Is a n rhetorical n figure figure fig fig- ure h by which an any significant part hart I Is I made to represent tho the whole In Iq liko o manner wo we speak of at tho the family fire Ido though In these days A of ot elaborate heating heating- contrivances of f hot air registers reg reg- and nn steam radiator 1 tho tiro open fireside o with Its Intimate associations association has hns become largely a n. memory unit But whether wo o of o of tho the homo home tire fire or orthe ortho ortho tho the family fireside b by such ouch wo we mean tho homo home In Its beauty and anI messed Blessed Is la he ho who carries with him afar it IL live 11 ember from tho the altar of or tho the home homo According to ancient mythology mythology myth myth- olos It was lynx helo that if It ono tool took tooka a n. coal from train tho ho altar in tho the temple carried it to his hlll homo and with It kindled a a. fire tire tho the lame flamo would bo be enchanted with blessing radiating I fortune fortuno health hOI and ana happiness It was bu but i a n. pagan notion I know loss less it stood for tor ft a beautiful and anti uplift uplift- in truth I y- y Yea bloB blessed cil I IB is th the tho absent ono one who wino desire de desire de- de with wholesome yearns e for homo lot Jot of ot whom who Is sire and sad Is tho the without loving lo memories to sustain and cheer when ho he Is beyond the glow of or tho homo home blaze But nul tho the real home homo fire Is moro more than thana a a. blaze blazo of ot coal or wood fine Tho comfort comforting ing warmth of oC home Is the tho radiant glow of at family affection without without which tho abiding place bo be It Il cottor cott cottage cotte e or mansion la is no home but mer merely Jy n a house I sometimes think that wo arcIn are arc In danger of oC getting aWa away from homes to live o In to houses Thero There Is 11 a L vital dl distinction dis distinction dis- dis between pen cn tine tho two I have gone gono ono Into many mon a n. homo home that would bo be called by strict classification a n. hut a rough rouKh structure of ot logs or slabs yet et lot lol withIn within with with- in I I. I have found It a palace carpeted richly with loving 10 service tho the walls most gloriously with hope an and charity and tho the great reat hearth all nU ablaze with tine the more moro than earth earthly flame of or mutual affection Yes houses I nr are built of or logs hogs oC of boards or bricks brick or fine cut atone stone It may be ho or Iron nn and glass and sand sund and cIa clay homes ar are mado of ot 8 sympathy service and fice T The e group roup about the home tiro to be complete must comprise the tamu family an and as honored guest at once Instructor tot tor and Guide Guld the tho Spirit of ot tho the Lord The fuel that feeds the tho homo home fires tiros Is prayer nn and love lov and that the tho flame may bo ho enlightening and satisfying the tho love O must he be genuine the tho prayer soulful and fervent As some Iome coal Is rich and sonic flome po real carbon or black Incombustible shale O some prayers pi are aro sincere and effective j otherS wordy nn and cold Anti And so o the tho fire tire I I 1 Is bright and chec cheery y or v depressing and I dull duJI I We V o 0 are arc more truly bounden than lhnn I I were tho the Jr virgins of ot Vesta Yest to keep the tho homo home fires bright both hoth for the tho sake Bake of or those who ate arc away and ond for tor ourselves cs who vho remain There Thero Is real danker danger of at I some somo of ot them thorn burn low or go but out for tho the turmoil of ot the tho ago is producing pro pro- varying and well nigh opposite effects Trig The Th swirl of oC the tho storm Is getting setting set get ting some Dome to thinking and some to praying IH who never prayed before while others are driven Into tho arleM ariev of ot fatalism or tho the abominations ns of or atheism I cn Even In these peaceful valleys there are arc few tew homes today tollay without some vacant cant chair Lot Let those who wino remain ho firm and nd two true at nt tho tiro fireside J keeping keepIng keep keep- In Ing tho the flame over o glowing for tor you ou know tho the warmth of or the tine homo home fire tire goes oc far tar and thc they the loved loyed and antI absent ab ab- b- b sont sent feel It over lover there beyond theseas tho the seas yes res even amidst tho the intro ana tin tho murk of ot the tho battlefield or tho tine trench 1 Tho The energy terRY emitted b by the prayer fell j I I I I I I I flame lame la is more potent than wire t graphy graph and surer aurer nothing when two yearning is a n trite souls aro are praying alike I eo and faith for Cor they thoy aein nr nf In communion through h lh the Ii H. H to whom their respective auppl arc aro n addressed See Seo wo we to IL It that nl our homes homes' d defiled rl In iii these days day of ot evil C inand InI In Jn and be they guarded b by night D. D against devastation by pair or abandonment of or were Such destruction Is more f r than an any wrought by bomb or ors ora a As we vc keep our hearts clean homo home he hearths liea bright ht so may w ow with faith that tho the missing on j return to find awaiting them come of ot homo home That home should bo be a foretaste of or the tho g I we may m merit and be sure suro to roe ree reel we wo will when wo we enter that homo home where nothing that thal Is can abide Tn In faith raith in love Jove an ah all charity let Jet us ins keep our fires and und service of ot hope an and nation to the will of ot God Cod eve ever In ing J t |
