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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1888-9-21, Page 6THE BRUSSELS POST wressottistesstoserattartmerstsenestosossweestusersreetnitementestillsenatememsownesesspotinstwetweenatuntastemanormestussa The Enemies of the peas, one. This implies a tender' and Home. regard for one another's w•hdr- Home. ee and writ -being, and tt caretml nttuut1un to the radon. am, unties of home life. •Tho following sermon, preached in And rile ail' require that the Divinely Melville Church, Brussels, on Sabbath, appointed relations of the home as be. July ",°And, 1888, by Bev. John Rose, 13.A„ Swami husband and wife, and parents and in printed for airenlation in the congrega- obildren, shall be distinctly recognized, tion at the request of a number who properly adjusted, and steadily and faith - heard it. The pastor in complying avith the request hopes that some good will re- quit from its careful perusal in this form. "And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Penne be to this house."—Lupe 10:11. Our Lord was now to give farther reach and expansion to His work than He had as yet done. Acoordingly having eelected seventy who ware to be special laborers in heraldfngtbe Gospel, Ile sends them forth into the great fields of hu. man souls whish were whitening to the judici, us, firm, and loving authority on harvest. And amongst directions which the part of the parents, and on the part of he gives them was this of our text es to the children of reverential respect and the manner in which theylshould comport I ready obedience towards their parents. Now if this mutual , egard and est, em be absent selfishness and selfwill will soon creep in, jeopardising in most serious manner the highest peace and happiness of the I ueehold. If the husband be- comes cold, harsh, and exacting, or If the wife becomes careless, thought'ces, and unsympathetic, or if a spirit of insubord. Malden is manifested and persisted in by the children and youeg people, no longer can the golden reign of peace contihem, for soon there will be household jsrrings and tumults, perhaps a consteutdomestic unrest, if not ill concealed or open strife, And this will bring with it man, a de- plorable evil ilush,und and eifo instead of growing nearer and dearer as the years go on, will be drifting apart until at Jeligth they will only be es persone living together whore the strong myster- ious bond of holy affection no longer binds together ; and the growing boy, and girls instead of making the father mud mother their friends and confidants will be estranged from the parents and the parents front them, and family affec- tion will die a lameutable death. Against that enemy, selfishness and selfwill in the houselfuld, let all bo jealously on their guard. Let a true and unselfish love live and reign in the home by having a place in the hearts of husband and wife and parents and children, and then if slight misunderstanding do owns at any time, and occur they will, they will sten clienppear like olouds after the rain and the bright sun of domestic pence will once more shine and happiness irradiate the home. Another enemy of the Ilome is to bo found in III--J,,e,'ssire business and social en- gagements. This is one of the great evils of modern limos. Tho tush of business and the prolonged toils of the daily occu- pation beginning with the early morning and ,:ontiuniug till the late Hours of the ?venire a, ,l often of the night, operate I—Godless ri.•u's of the marriage relation. ` itt 110 sinall degrcn against the home life. Iwas at special pains in the first dis- 1 And if we add to these the demands of course on the home, to indicate clearly pub!lo ntecrligt of one kind and another, . the only true foundation of tho home, the evenings spot fn lodge rooms and that it rested noon marriage es a Divine other alae: together with numerotts sue- institution—one ordained and appointed tai engagements, but little time is loft in many cases for the home—for the culti- vation of its life, its happiness, and its well being. And the fault here lies with both men and women, husbands and wives, There small measure to that which destroys are home• in this community, weheliove, the love and light of home and our dear. perhaps oven in this congregation, where est domestic bliss. Drink is ever the en. tho husband and father spends compare- emy of the home, and is to be confronted Lively few evenings in his own house. Ho and opposed as snob. Build upthe saloon, is toiliug or uttendiug to business up and you pull down the home. Blake the till a late hour, or is present at some liquor traffic prosperous, and it is at the ne-ting, or somctthoro with companions, expense of the peace and happiness of the and perhaps week in and week oat sees home. Let us steadily and strenuously comi'crrtively little of his family and appose it as a bitter foe, fight against it In public and in private, by lacy end by moral suasion, in prayer and at the polls, and soon may the time come when this great end powerful enemy of the home shall no longer boldly lift its demon head crowned with Christian license in this or other land. • The last enemy of the Homo which I name is VII—Irrelinfowness, both individual and fancily. "Peace bo to this house." And it is the peace of God that is surely meant. Ah, then, it is to be a religions peace which is to ensure and constitute the highest happiness of the home. Wo need look for it therefore only in truly religious homes and only in our own if they aro such. We may go to other homes, we may say and pray with regard to our own, "Peace be to this house," but if religion be not there the peace of God cannot be there, for the old-fashioned re. ligion of the Gospel is the only fountain of true home peace and happiness. Thou, as seeking the highest welfare of the home, carefully nourish and promote the religious life of the household, and thus shall you fulfil your own prayer, and find that this is God's way to the blessing. "Peace be to this house." May this blessing be upon all our homer rnd be realized in every family circle. Q)11.71 tn(tiarr. leT o NV Peter tiiuclair, of Belmont, has a sunflower stalls with 110 flowers on in lila garden. lir. Snaith, ;lonelier, of Port Dov- er, has a two year old geranium that stands 0 ft. 0 inches high, and le 0 ft. wide. Jumbo Jewett, who weighs 700 pounds and is claimed to be the largest man in the world, will be oue of the attractions at tate St. Thomas fair. A dumber of 11038 suet in the til- lage of Troy the other night and decided to try their strength at stoking eggs. Ono of them camp out ahead after getting down thirty ngus Chisholm, 01 lot 10, con: 8, Ekfrid, had a flying squirrel come into his house about 0 o'clock, 11 created considerable excitement in the house for a timo, but was finally Captured and is now in a cage. On the farm of a (armor named McCrea, near Brockville, recently a I fully mientaine,l, the heehaod standieg in his pine as the bead of the household but at the same time recognizing that side by side steeds with him the wife, not his inferior rhe ,gdh relationally sub- ordinate. and tend w 10 is to love "even en Christ loved th. chinch," each stead, fly having regard to aid consulting for the highest iitersets of the other. There is also to be the reoognitiotr of the rela- tions as Divinely appoiuted between par- ents and children, in the exer0iae of a themselves in houses where they aright receive hospitality, "Into whatsoever hoes° ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house," A prayer was that for house and home, and no threshold were they to cross to become its inmates for the time without first offering this prayer : "Peace be to this house." And what a beautiful Gos- pel prayer this is for house and home. Peace, even the peace of God be to this house—to every heart and to the entire home, falling upon it like sunshine, filing itiwith gladness, and making it a verit- able heaven upon earth. And that prayer we may well utter for every home, that blessing we should earn- estly invoke for every family circle, "Peace be to this bonen.' But while this is our prayer, we must not rest in the simple wish, sincere and earnest as it may be. Peace pure, undisturbed, and Divine, should reign in the hoine, and there under its brooding and sheltering wines should be enjoyed the highest hap. piness of earth. Ilab this is far from being generally realised, there ars so many things to mar, disturb, and hinder he peaceful tranquillity of the home and prevent the enjoyment of that which is here prayed for in behalf of the house- hold. And now having spoken in some six discourses of the Home—of its Founda- tion, its Influence, its Training, and its Worship—it is my purpose to -day to speak of some of the llnemiee of the Bone. And by the enemies of the home I mean whatever is prejudicial to or des- tructive of the peace and well-being of the hone—anything, whatever it may be, which militates against the the reali- zation of a happy, true, and Christian home life such as would bo realized had the prayer of our text, "Peace be to this house,' its complete and' ample fulfil- ment. The first enemy of the Hume which I mention is of God—and that this relationship was 00 be entered upon only in the exercise of an intelligent, true, and mutual affection. And where this is secured the very first requisite for a happy home is secured. But, alas ! it is just here where many a home has been wrecked and ruined us to domestic felicity at the very outset. It has not been founded upon just views of the marriage tie, it has not been estab- lished in the fear of God and with a plrop- er and prayerful regard to the Divine will. Instead of marrying out of a gen- uine and wi•e mutual affection and es realising the saocity and importance of realises tittle of true home life, And so the marriage relation, this ria has been sometimes with the '-ife and mother. formed too often in mere thoughtlessness, There aro 10031'lrn who aro not content impulsiveness, and unwiedom which are almost certain to work havoc with the after home life. Marriages of conven- enee, marriages ofpassionate-haste, mar. riages in which there has been no due weighing of the seriousness of the step or of the great interests involved, cannot bo expected to issue in the happiest results as regards the peace and well-being of the home. thein t,atoh their children and shote that they th,m,seIres believe that g�enuiuu w,1.111 of heed and beast are the best per• sotnl adornments, and lot them in the interest• of the home assiduously Dan- mend and nett! vette these. V---(hssipfng and kindred forms of evil. Words have a power for good or i11, They are peace m kers or peace breakers. The person tensa delights in gossip, is a tale - b. urer, rolls mandril as a sweet morsel ander the tongue, end finds a congenial occupation in epreadiug it f,om house to 11011 e, is :1 pronounced enemy and emelt. to -be -dreaded foe of the home. And ellero this touches any present, let them not soy, we are nut meant. You are meant, and every word is an arrow aim. ad straight at the mark and intended for the gossip and tattling talebearer. Such an one can in a short spaoo disturb, and perhals forever, the peace of many a home. and going the round from ]rouse. 'o house sowing the seeds of dissension, jealous,, alienation, and ill -will, do a work that can never be undone, and in. Hirt an injury upon the home which San never be repaired. Steadily regard gossip, whether male ,.r female, as 51151nr ; sternly treat such as an one Let the door of the home be sharply sl and bravely barred, if need be, in sham.less, brazen face of such a Ivor of wickedness, no matter how disgui with sunny smiles and fussy pretenti of friendship. Rather receive a veno ons serpent into your house, retie r w come it as it drags its slimy length o your threshold, for the words and won of a gossip are mere poisonous and le lye How much estrangement has be wrought between nearest and dense how many peaceful households disturb and bow many happy homes brolren by the malicious, devilish t' ngue of gossiper. With snub, if you value t happiness of yo'ir home, have no de ings and 310 commnnicetious of anyki and so shall you protect your ho against one of the worst ..nd common evils which imperil its peace and w being. VI --Intemperance. The liquor ern is a sttu,ding menace to the home. Wh it touches it, how quickly and injurio ly it affects it. If husband or wife, father or mother or child comec even small measure under its power and 1 Bulges in the intoxicating bowl, the ha pines, of the home is blighted and bla ed, the light fades from it, gladness gone, and sorrow, sadness and elm take their plane. No one knows the r1) Wrought in the home by the use of str drink but those who have been personal affected by it. Many an unwritten cha ter and many a hidden sorrow would to make up the tale. Oh there is soars ly anything that can more surely wre home happiness than indulgence by a of the family circle in intoxicatingliquo In the house where intemperance is it elmest useless to pray, "Peace bo to 711 house" No, the disterbor of pence mu first be ousted, the demur of drink mu first be driven out, and then only w there be room for peace. God help tl the an my. tut tile ker .sed 0115 01- el- I — ver rick nd- en st, ed, the he al - rid, me est ell. fro eft 115- if in st. is ane in ong ly p - go e- ek ny r. is fs st st ill 30 P' ,Iz i 1 IS, ', SDK. 21, 1888, (CON'rlhtgb 1110111 1>Ad71 2.) Stocks, 50 25 Pel allies, 50 25 Airiest! Marigolds, 611 25 French tt1arigrdde, 50 25 Dianthus, 50 25 Balsams, 5t, 25 Zinnias, 50 25 Glseliolns spikes, 50 25 Verbenas, 60 25 Oollocllon oilutt11e1llttl gra..eea, 110100 strewn, 50 25 Collection of lases, 50 25 x Wherever 11115 sig appears the print will be it copy "Live Stools Journal" fur the year 1880. FOR COMPETITION FIRS'1' EVENING. Quartette singu)g, 2 00 1 00 Comic song, 1 00 50 Sentimental acrg, 1 50 1 00 Vi lin Music, 8 selections, march, waltz and ,ol, 1 00 50 Instrumental mo510 011 organ, professional, march, 7111112 null polka, 1 00 50 I11 1i-umen tool music on Organ, non profe-oaiuna', March, waltz and polka, 1 00 50 of the SP,ECI1L PRIZE. To L'Irrrgn NAlu:ns --(feu. 1,lrve ,i: t „ offer• !s splendid flowing Machine, manufactured by tic, wel111,,)',31 Raymond Ilanufaetory, of Guelph, for the best 50.pound 111b of buff,., tho butter to become lbs at, properly of tho duuorti of the prize. W. H. llaCoucitan offcls 1pecial prize., t , pnrchasere of seed frotu him as follows :—Nino $wide turnips, let, 50e, , 3rd, 25e. ; Six long red maugeis, let, 50o., 2nd, 25e. ; Sts yellow glob., martg,•1-, 1st, 50e., 2nd, 25e. No special entry required; homes ruined by strong drink. God 00.00 our young 70001011 from uniting them- selves to those who even taste it. G in His mercy grant that the grace whir alone can redeem may be sought and o Mined by those who are yielding even t 011 y1 IV.—The Secretary will be found at the ticket office at the show n 1 ground from 9 o'clock a.m. until noon each day. 1 V.—All sheep must have been shorn baro since the 15tH of April during the Current year. VI. --Exhibitors of dairy produce, grain, or roots cannot receive both the first and second prizes for any one description of such ar- ticles. All implements and manufactures must be manufactured by the exhibitor. VII.—No exhibitor shall by any means intiinate to the Judges that an animal or article exhibited is his property. VIII.—Any person showing the same animal twice in the same show, except for special entries, or in any way endeavoring to im- pose upon the Judges shall be deprived of any premium whatever. IX.—All fruit shown must have been growls by the exhibitor. X.—Judges and Directors shall have discretionary power of awarding extra prizes on any articles not mentioned in the above list, and may consider age in judging young stock. XI.—Exhibitors will not be allowed to remove articles from the exhibition building until 4 o'clock p.m., on the second day of the show. XII.—All parties Exhibiting thoroughbred animals must produce pedigree to the Directors on the day of the show, ancl also l certify to the ago of yearling heifers and calves. XIII.—Animals and articles tatting prizes will bo distinguished by the judges attaching cards -1st, BED, 2nd, BLUE, 8rd, WHITE. XTV.—All members of the Society will be admitted to the ground free, upon procuring tickets from the Secretary. Other parties to pay 25c. each, children under 12 years, 10c. • X.V.—The Hall will be open from 7 to 9 p.m. on the first dayof the show. Admission 10c. Rules and neg°e.latio .se I.—A11 Exhibitors taking a prize of $2 or over will be required to leave $1 in the hands of the Treasurer 118 a subscription for next year. II.—Ali stock exhibited shall be the 00001, de property of the ex- hibitor. All produce must have been raised on the farm or garden of the exhibitor in 1888. Cloths, flannels and blankets must be all 1,001. III.—Exhibitors will be required to give the Secretary notice of the different entries they intend to make before the first day of the show. All articles to bo shown in the In -door Department most be entered in the Hall by 12 o'clock the first day ; and all entries in the Out -door Department must be entered and on the ground by 12 o'clock the second day. Parties wishing to make entries after that time will bo charged 10c. extra, and positively no entries can bo taken after 1 o'clock. The Roman whomarries just for the sake of marrying and for Rites else than to avoid old maidism, or who unites herself to one morally unworthy, or who is mere. ly seeking a hone she can call her own, or who gives her hand where her heart is not fully and freely given, is an undoubt. ed foe to her own interests aid ono of the worst enemies her own house eau aver know. The man who marries attract- ed by mere grace of person, or actuated by motives of avarice as to fortune and possessions, or as looking only for one who shall with diligeuee and prudent skill manage and perform household dut- ies, without any regard to the higher con- ditions of a true marriage union, will have himself to thank if he soon finds that the day he held fen th his hand in the marriage ceremony he struck a most effective and cruel blow at the happiness of his home. Or worse still. Where the marriage tie is regarded loosely, where the union is one of more conveniento and that may be merely temporary, and is not looked upon as one that is with the utmost fidelity to be held sacrad before God and man till death breaks it, there, as is to be Seen to a deplorable extent in the neighboring Republic, the peace of the home is frustrated, family happiness rendered impossible, and domestic misery and wretchedness ensured. Here, then, in improper and unscriptural views of the marriage relation, is one of the great- est enemies of the ]tome, Whore that enemy crosses the threshold with the newly married pair pence cannot enter, happiness will be unknown, and pure do. mastic bliss must be a stranger. Guard then against this, and that at the outset, even at the very contemplation of mar- riage. Look at the foundation of the home in the forming of the marriage tie ea God looks et it, and uphold the mar- riage relation as one that is high and sac. rod above all other earthly ties, and this Will go far to ensure the peace and folio. ity of the home and protect it against one of its greatest and worst enemies, .And specially let the young people of the congregation lay these things well to heart, taking them in no light or jocular spirit but in the earnestness and serioos- miss with which they aro spoken. A second enemy of the Homo is unless they mu spend soave considerable portion of their time from 110me Or have the company of others in their own bolts. es, and all this to the destruction of that home quiet and social family feeling and life which are so essential to the true welfare of the home. Don't think, merenant, when von de- vote yourself to your rnstamers or books up to all hours of the night, that yen are doing the best for your home. Don't 101• seine, farmer, when ye.n anxiously toil almost day and nigbt in the fields, that you are acting for the best interests of yourself and family. Don't assure your- self, if yon are a professional man, that exclu0 ve devotion to your profession is yr-ur best way of oaring for the welfare of wife told children and home. Where shop, or farm, or profession, or society is made everything in the thought and en. deavor, then the home is shoved aside, displaced and degraded from its true po- sition-- a state of things which can only prove detrimental in the highest degree to rho best interests of nil concerned. Let bb0 home, which was God's first in- stitution fur man, bo given the first plane in thought, time, told attention, and if any other institution meets go, lot it be the shop, or lodge, or social mooting. Be resolved to heap and preserve that which is of more real importance to you than any of these, and count as all enemy any- thing that draws you away from or de- ifies to you the assoofations and quiet hallowed enjoyments of home and family life, Another enemy of the Home is IV—Foolish, fashionable diepla,/, which is now so prevalent. Plainness in dress and living is not so characteristic of fam- ily life as it once was. And whilst I am not a worshipper of the past ready to join in what is too often a false and un- founded ory, that "the former days were bettor than these," yet I cannot abut my eyes to the fact that the home to -day suf. fere in many cases from a spirit of van. ity and display which manifests itself in frivolity and show—things whioh aro sadly deteriorating to the finer qualities of hone life. And one of the co0segn0noes of this is that our young people, 0spee- ia11y our girls and young women, become eggs. impreesed with the idea that the objeot of life is to put on all appearance, to dress stylishly, end to keep up with the fashions, as though in these trivialities, to say the least of thorn, the chief good and end of life wore to he found. Whore such a spirit and atmosphere pervade any home there we shall look in vain for the most substantial and the best and worthiest elements of a true home life. And in saying 11115, 1 remember to whom son was driving the cows afield when 1 1 I am speaking --not to a wealthy city 008 of them attacked tho horse he II -8 ),fielittres. The true home is a congregation where there are abundant union or association of loving hearts, means for extravagance and display, but was rldtng.. The horse was badly whore mutual affection, confidence and to a comparatively plan village congre gored and thrown down on top of esteem oxiet between its various inmates g,ttian, where nevertheless in oar ewe the boy, crushing find biaising him 1 as husband and wife, turd as parents and small way there is an aping of that which i severely, One of the owe 110Yn8 ehildreo. Love therefore is to be the others elsewhere aro able to carry to ex. grand rc•gningpowor• in the home, ,and twines, Let the parents and especially was bralen elle eatteiug 1101 to boar, 1 it must be cherished • -1d fest••'1 in every the mothers amongst us, beware of eon. Iy bleed to death. The three aro 1 heart if the home is to bo a blessed ata . trilnoting to or fostering this spirit. Let recovering very slowly. ETIIEi, NDFL ILLS The undersigned having completed the change from the stone to the celebrated Hungarian System of Grinding, has now the Mill in First Class Running Order and will be glad to see all his old customers and as many new ones as possible, Flour and Feed .0r]way°s on, 'and. Highest Price paid for any quantity of Good Grain, WM. M. MILD V E . vrnlll, 4Itls'1' AND li'101111 THECOOKd BE! .,,FRIEND Returned to 1' usselsl ROBERT ARMSTRONG dosiroa to stats that he has again become a resident of Brussels and is prepared to take Contracts for all kinds of Carpenter Work, such as House Building, Barn Framing, Hill Wrighting, cfec. Ito will also make a Specialty of Mov- ing Buildings, Estimates Cheerfully Givelt. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 1n every instance, 111)131. ARIUSrONG. Cerm3^i31s , (SFJ." rTTAILLOfl SL 1OP sleet„torr” t"b sa 1„'hole'1O • li see•"" First•C1ass Snits, either .13eund . or Unbound, Merle for $4.00. Eit Guar'. taltce,l. Produce taken in exchange for Work. I. Cr. T-t,ICHl.111DS01r, 3-4 )Ilercl]ant Tailor, MT b 'S Liver Comp! nl' Dvspcpsia, liillousness, Sick headache, Kidney t roubl's RhetunatIsm, Skin Diseases, ;end all intpuri• ties of the blood fret)) whatever .cause arising. THE GREAT SPFIII G MEDICINE. :E>zZSC.c. , c. t v •itl_ =:.Sha =Si DR. JIQ a?11t".4° LITTLE LIVER DILLS, (very small end easy to take.) NO GRIPING• NO NAUSEA Sold everywhere ; price 25 cents. 11810N MEDICINE 4,,., Psalmist era, TOttoNTO, 1'AN.irg.t.. ALLAN LIN E. 1888. SUMMER ARRANGEMEN • • 1888. LIVEC POOL & QUEOr.0 SERVICE Fin020 MONTREAL 1 91P,Atnra. 1 FROM 7)11301)1, Sept. 18 Circasnian Sept. 14 Sept.10 Polynesian Sept, 20 Sept. 27 Sarmatian ........... iient.2e net. 8 Sardinian .............. 053.4 001.10 Parisian ..... ..... ...... Oat. 11 051. 18 Oireasshn . Oct. 10 Oat. '21 Polynesian....... ._ Oct, 2.. Nov. 1 Sarmatian Noy.2 Nov. 7 Sardinian .................Nov. 8 Nov. 1.1 Parisian' Nov, 13 hates of Passage by 311111 Strainers. 1)070350'10 nrotr cuter.. Cabin $00, $70 and $83 according to neconl- m00101on. Servants i11 Cabin, $60 Inter- mediate 580, Steerage 820, ltetarn tickets, Cabin, $1)10, $100 and 8150. Intermediate, $00. Steerage 8110, t ny1olyneslen, 011.41115511111 or other ex. tra steamers, Cabin fifty, sixty and seven- ty dollar, according to accommodation. Be. turn ttoksbe, ninety. tine hundred end ton aol one huudrnd and thirty dollars. Inter- mediate sixty dollars. Steerage forty doll - arc. Passengers cam embark at Montreal the day before without increased 5010181• Oo yourself es fiend reduced rates. nrateo, Por 2011 inti formotiou apply to .Y. EE. GRANT, Sti'assets. T. .L' R..lE TCH:JL:I R, PRACTICAL WATCIl1IAIi:ER AND JEWELLER Thanking tho publio for peat favors and support and wishing still to secure your patronage. Wo are opening out fnlllines in MGL .I & Mali MMES. SILVER PLATED WARE rent established and reliable makers, , ally warranted by us.. Cloaks of the Latest -Designs. 1, Vodding.11ings, Ladies Gem Binge, l3roachee, Marring,, &e. Also have in stock a full line of Violins nd Violin Strings. ole. N, B, -Issuer of Marriage Licols0s, T. Fletcher.