p. 252 | The Home Circle

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 22, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 16.

The Home Circle.

WE CAN MAKE HOME HAPPY.

Though we may not change the cottage For a mansion tall and grand, Or exchange a little grass plot For a boundless stretch of land, Yet there's something brighter, nearer, Than the wealth we'd thus command.

Though we have no means to purchase Costly pictures, rich and rare, Though we have no silken hangings For the walls so cold and bare, We can hang them o'er with garlands, For flowers bloom everywhere.

We can always make home cheerful, If the right course we begin; We can make its inmates happy, And their truest blessings win; It will make the small room brighter, If we let the sunshine in.

When we gather round the fireside When the evening hours are long, We can blend our hearts and voices In a happy, social song; We can guide some erring brother, Lead him from the path of wrong.

We may fill our home with music, And with sunshine brimming o'er, If against all dark intruders We will firmly shut the door; Yet, should evil's shadow enter, We must love each other more.

There are treasures for the lowly Which the grandest fail to find; There are chains of sweet affection Binding friends of kindred mind. We may reap the choicest blessings From the poorest lot assigned.

—Selected.