Show HOME HOWIE SWEEr SWEET HOME HOIE He bath hath led me home ome IP Up IP P TU LITTLE narrow path lead leading leadis tug ing to the cottage a u man manis is In one of his hard hands lunds handshe he carries carrle his dinner Wil palt His cloth clothing clothing 1 ing fag is grimed l with the labor Jabor of or the day dllY tired d lines URn ar are In his face As he hen heb b nearS n ns tile the door it flies files open op n and a 8 child bUd appears In a moment her arms are around his bis neck her kisses ki ses wet his lips and cheek check her love OY overflows upon him himin himi i i i in demonstrations of oC affection And AndE nd E now appears appear the mother eager ager to bear her bel share in the welcome welcomeS S L you guessed gues ed the th e story The Theman i man nian is coming home His shoulders straighten and the lines slowly vanish 0 from his bit face Forgotten are ore all the heat hat b At and the burden burdan of the tho day for forgotten forgotten gotten otten are the trials the vexations the Uie harshness oC or the foreman the hard un unceasing unceasing unceasing ceasing labor The man is home It may may be b only a a cabin in a wilder wilderness wildert t C oj ness neu it may be a stately palace set on ona a hill but call can It home and around it 3 will linger Unger a charm chann that no other spot can possess Men have wandered far farIn farIn farIn In search of weal or pleasure they the C have lived years ears from the roof root that ir t gave gac them shelter They think they have forgotten the very ap appearance e of ot the old place even elen the memory memry mem ry of the loving patient forgiving lug ing mother is dimmed Let such a man catch a whiff of or e perfume l let Itt t the fragrance of r a familiar flower fIer of ot childhood touch his senses let him hew her that grandest of anthems Home Swee Home Heme Ah how memory rushes rush 2 back through the years over ovel the t e grass grassi i grown rown trail He sees it all again that old home anti and if there comes a 3 mist before his vision islon if a queer lump tight tightens tightens ens his hio throat who shall say he is un unmanly unmanly unmanly manly the use ue u e going home so sc long bug bugas PS ItS other places are open hiccoughs u a t tipsy y boy to a a group of boon compan companions companIons ions And they the laugh at nt his poor wit f with never an Id a that they ar r faning the holiest of ot sanctuaries At home borne mothers are waiting for those boys Sleepless they toss upon their beds until they hear the click of the key in the night latch the unsteady step upon the stair stab God and mothers only can forgive such boys as these thes i The inspired writers of oC the Bible le lei i when they wanted to impress their readers with the beauties of heaven l spoke of it as home hom A happy home homeI I Is a foretaste of oC heaven It is Js the approach l to the he idyllic hereafter 1 l which man can possess pO P In n my thy myK K fathers rs house are nr many man mansions said the Man of Sorrows If it were I q not so 10 I would ha hae bac c told you ou I go to in prepare a place for you Theres one of ot the fattest fakes fn est t promises in the Bible J m Isn t it a It temptation to the worn orn the Hie weak the weary wears to follow follo one who 1 I 1 says he will viII lead them home homeTh The Th prodigal son oi of o the parable T va sated ted his substance in a far country count counti i He was what would be called in these j i times a good fellow but ne he waked t j one morning in a pig pen his hiB money I was gone his bis head bead aching his stomach empty Then he thought of ot home the home where he be had Imd never lacked the 4 good things 8 of oC life the home where the fathers heart hold held forgiveness as the f widows cruse held oil all and he said saidI I will arise amlee and go to my father fathera Did Yu ever stop to think how a ii u that dissipated boy was vas in hay hav having jag ing a home to go to Too many man never neverli i li think oC tt C home until there Is 18 no home too many drift into the gulf of despair despite the home It the boy him himself himself Y self who is always to blame blume Perhaps ij the tM home lome could have havo been made more f cheerful perhaps some little loving de detail detail tail tall that might have hav saved him wa f left out of or the home plan It is I pos pea possible 1 sible to make the home as attractive j to a 8 boy as a a saloon or a gambling t house I Dont let Jet him think he has baa to sit sIti I i j at a certain angle on a certain chair j r i dont be eternally nagging nag at a him be because because 2 cause his cloth J are arc spotted his shoes shoe I t unpolished If he hIkes to play cards 9 L let Jet him have 11 e a deck and a d let him invite l f young friends to the house to ploy play Jila f i 4 i They are bettor off ott there than they i ma r would be at a saloon card table Ar Arrange Arr r range wholesome amusements for the sons soilS and the daughters and make them t want to stay at home no matter how Kow no ft many other places are open t As M heaven holds out no greater prom promise t lee ise I e than that it will be a happy home 1 so hell offers no greater terror than I an unhappy home Home Is largely I what wo make it after all aU Let us t 4 4 J try tr to lo aj ar a tills this it is tot too toolate totI I 1 1 late let lOt ue us all aU so live that when we it hear bear the words i Mid MJ anel nd ZUI palaces though we 4 may roam 1 Be It ever so humble theres theros no place like lute home borne I there will be no jot of in our recollections ree |