What Is Home?

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 9, 1909

RECENTLY a London magazine sent out one thousand inquiries on the question, “What Is Home?” In selecting the classes to respond to the question it was particular to see that every one was represented. The poorest and the richest were given equal opportunities to express their sentiment. Out of eight hundred replies received, seven gems were selected, 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 affections, round which our heart’s best wishes twine.

Home—The place where our stomachs get three square meals a day 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.—Christian Advocate.