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What Is Home?

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 4, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 1.

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What Is Home?

EIGHT hundred replies came to a London magazine which asked the question, “What is home?” These answers were written by persons representing all classes of society. They emanated from homes of refinement and wealth, and from those of crudeness and poverty. Seven, which the editor called “gems,” were selected and published, and are as follows:—
“Home—a world of strife shut out, a world of love shut in.”
“Home—the place where the small are great and the great are small.”
“Home—the father’s kingdom, the mother’s world, and the child’s paradise.”
“Home—the place where we grumble the most, and are treated the best.”
“Home—the center of our affection, round which our heart’s best wishes twine.”
“Home—the place where our stomachs get three square meals daily, and our hearts a thousand.”
“Home—the only place on earth where the faults and failings of humanity are hidden under the sweet mantle of charity.”
That Scotchman must have had a happy home, and must also have known the joys of Christian service, who when asked, “Do you believe in heaven?” replied: “Why, man, I live there.”—New York Weekly Witness.