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The Home Circle

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Oct 18, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 39.

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The Home Circle.

AT HOME ON THE FARM.

COME, boys, I have something to tell you, Come near, I would whisper it low; You are thinking of leaving the homestead; Don't be in a hurry to go. The city has many attractions, But think of the vices and sins; When once in the vortex of fashion, How soon the course downward begins?
You talk of the mines of Australia; They've wealth in red golden, no doubt, But, ah! there is gold on the farm, boys, If only you'll shovel it out. The mercantile life is a hazard, The goods are first high and then low; Better risk the old farm a while longer; Don't be in a hurry to go!
The great, busy West has inducements, And so has the busiest mart! But wealth is not made in a day, boys; Don't be in a hurry to start! The bankers and brokers are wealthy; They take in their thousands or so; Ah! think of the frauds and deceptions— Don't be in a hurry to go!
The farm is the safest and surest; The orchards are loaded to-day; You are free as the air on the mountains, And monarch of all you survey; Better stay on the farm a while longer, Though profit comes in rather slow; Remember you have nothing to risk, boys— Don't be in a hurry to go!