Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1859 — Remember Home. [ARTICLE]

Remember Home.

Fortunate—unspeakably fortunate, is the young man who has a home that he loves, and dear ones nestling there to whom bis heart goes out in immeasurable yearnings of affection. The youth who has come to the city to seek his fortune, is guarded as by an angel from Heaven, when he carries fresh in his memory the picture of a humble cottage home which shelters the dear and venerated being who gave him birth. The thrill of her loving touch, as she laid her hand upon his head in blessing, ere he turned his footsteps toward the great city, shall hold him ever in the path of life and charm the tempter away. And still more blessed is he if he has to devote a portion of his wages to the support of that home, and of those dear ones whom he so loves. In sucli a case, his earnings are hallowed with a sacredness which communicates itself to bis character, and is exhibited in blossoms ot noble duteousness. The consciousness that tlie wages of his toil gladden, and beautify and make comfortable the home of his childhood and the author of his being, gives a dignity to his labor, and a delight in its rewards, such as no mere selfish spirit of acquisition can impart. Therefore, Oye young men, remember your paternal homes, and devote at least a portion of your earnings to the making of them brighter and happier, that your own life-path may be brightened by the effulgence w h/ch is ever radiated from good deeds.