two] selecting a home 



beauty and for comfort ; nothing like a prairie for a 

 farm. For my part, I shall have to live on a hill- 

 side, or be miserable. I do not wish to see all crea- 

 tion; but really a good share of it, in miniature, 

 suits my present selfhood. I want a nesting place 

 where the hills clap their hands for joy and say, "Be- 

 hold what God hath made for man! " In such a 

 place one can do a great deal for God, and for him- 

 self. Look about and see how man has fitted into 

 these glacier-carved valleys. Count the orchards 

 that have displaced the forests; and see how the 

 creeks are turning mills, and how everything else 

 is waiting on the master, man. 



There are so many delightful spots; and we are 

 going to have a home where the squirrels chatter, 

 and the birds sing, and the beechnuts fall like hail. 

 Spell that word HOME in big capitals; for it is only 

 in the country that one can find the best home-mak- 

 ing material. The brooks are tumbling out of the 

 gorges and jumping down the declivities for us; 

 bluebirds and robins are singing to welcome us; 

 and the sun will spend its rays in creating for us 

 golden harvests. There are so many beautiful 

 homing spots unoccupied that one wishes he might 

 live at once a dozen lives. I never drive along an 



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