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the whole pust exiieriencc of this niition has demonstrated that this 

 can no where be better developed than on the farm. Teach them that 

 when a lawyer or doctor is called to take charge of a case, a teacher 

 gains a position, or a clerk or bookkeeper, there is always some one 

 who is made sorrowful because of it, who stands aside and waits 

 for the next opportunity, perhaps with dear ones sulTering for the 

 necessaries of life. 



Not so when a farmer makes a success; the more abundantly his 

 crops multipl}'', the more bountifully his harvest yield, the more 

 the hungry world rejoices, the easier it becomes for those who suffer 

 to be satisfied. He crowds no one aside, nor causes a heart to ache, 

 nor makes one of altering spirit more discouraged. His mission is 

 to cheer and bless. Though the farmer may seem to lack good 

 things that lie within the reach of other professions, many times the 

 abundance of those would be gladly exchanged for the simplicity and 

 (]uiet of a farm life, could they drop their heavy burdens of care, 

 caused by the fierce competition of business, and the wearing uncer- 

 tainty that surrounds them. You who think that farming confines 

 you to a narrow and too limited portion of the world — remember 

 that man}- who are free to roam w^here they will, would eagerly give 

 all their freedom for the sweet home life that is vours, and such fair 

 smiling faces as daily surround your board; and though you may 

 never behold with the eye of flesh the renowned and beautiful spots 

 of other lands, teach yourselves and your children to observe and to 

 love the beauties of nature in all her changing seasons around your 

 own home, and learn to say with your whole heart, these verses that 

 speak of love of home: 



"I own my little home here, 



By the mountains hid; 

 The sky spreads down about it, 



Like a star strewn coverlid. 



"I am bosomed deep in beauty; 



Like the devv-dmn and the rose; 

 Let me fade into the silence of 



The fragrant night's repose. 



"Let me live here in the valley, 



In its deep seclusion curled; 

 And behold the mighty pageants 



Of the wonders of the world. 



"Restless are the feet that wander; 



Restless are the hearts that roam; 

 Here God shows me all his glories; 



Let me stay and rest at home," 



