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Show 4 Dr. Vance Writes: FOR THE SAKE OF M0IE FOUNDER OF INTER-CHURCH MOVEMENT, SAYS: "Love Builds Heaven on Earth" By DR. JAMES I. VANCE. Founder of Inter-Church World Movement, Move-ment, and Chairman Federal Council Coun-cil of 'Churches of America. Human nature is built to need a home. The relation of tho homo, tho loves and ties and duties of family llfo, are such as to summon us. Fatherhood Fath-erhood is necessary to bring out the best in a man. Motherhood is woman's wom-an's crown, and under its holy influence influ-ence saints are made and heaven comes down to our weary world. The ties of brother and sister, ofj sou and daughter, as well as those of husband and wife, give courage and; joy, and furnish motive power to drive life up hill. I The thing which holds the average man steady to his job is the sense of responsibility to his home. He isj not merely chasing dollars. He is trying to build a wall between his' home and want. I But a home costs. A young man' must be the possessor of a respecta-' ble lncomo nowadays before he can' think seriously of even marrying a wife. Girls arc expecting more. They wan an establishment. They are not satisfied with a nest. I Enters Satan into Eden right here. How many homes are prevented be-; cause Mammon clips Cupid's wings.'! How many homes are broken up be- I cause that little clause in the marriage mar-riage vow, "for richer or for poorer," is sent to tho limbo and forgotten dreams! If tho home is a nook in Paradise, were it not wiser to be satisfied with less. The sacrifices a man and a woman make for the sake of a homo constitute Its dearest treasures. Tho hardships that they endure just that they mave havo ench other and spend the days together are ties which no divorce di-vorce court will ever bo asked to break. There arc palaces where people dwell which have in them everything but happiness. They are the tombs of Joy. Love builds heaven on earth, and love, not money, Is the secret of a happy, home. Of course money is mighty convenient, conve-nient, and a lot of other things are most useful In home-building. Simplicity Sim-plicity and gentleness, industry and mutual respect, refinement, culture, books, music, friends, religion, are all things without which no home is well-furnished; well-furnished; but they make their abode in a cabin on the hillside in a cheap house on a plain street, as well as in I the mansion on tho tfveuue. They are foolish who, for the sake of a home, are not willing to scale down tilings. I havo seen a girl wearing a gingham dress and living in heaven! |