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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:
HOME: WHERE LOVE REIGNS, AND TRAINS. " Love, and the Smiling Face
of Her.' The Birthplace of Institutions. The Genius of Home. The
Holy of Holies. The Nursery of Full-Grown Souls. The Birth of a
Home. The Meaning of Love. The Real Test. The Nazareth Home. "A
spirit dwells by the fireside When the patter of falling rain
Trembles the leaves of the drooping trees And drips on the window
pane. O, cold and gray is the world outside, When the heav'ns grow
dark above, But within, within, at the glowing hearth Is the tender
spirit of love " Our genius there at the fireside Whispers a
thousand things. ' O, life is drear and the world is wide, But a
brave heart soars and sings Tho' clouds draw round and storms
betide, Within that heart hope springs, And here pure Faith all
else beside, Around it twines and clings ' " O, precious voice of
the fireside Sweet spirit of calm and cheer Tho' the wild wind
roars o'er the pathless wastes, What matter, so thou art near? Thy
voice ne'er stills tho' the years go on, When the patter of falling
rain Drips from the eaves and trembles the leaves And rattles the
window pane. Holy and sacred the voice of home, It steals to our
hearts again." Beatrice Clayton. HOME. " Love, and the Smiling Face
of Her." Home is the holy of holies of a man's life. There he
withdraws from all the world, and, shutting his door, is alone with
those who are his own. It is the reservoir of his strength, the
restorer of his energies, the resting place from his toil, the
brooding place for his spirit, the inspiration for all his
activities and battles. Home is where love lives. Not where it
boards, nor pays occasional visits, even long visits, nor even
where it may be a sort of perma...
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