moral nature is cultivated, his power and wisdom and tact in aiding and directing and organizing movements for the public good are increased; his services are needed, and should be cheerfully given, because he may do a work no other is so well fitted to do. And, on the other hand, if intellectual and moral culture are aimed at, there is no better way known to man to promote that culture than by a practice of his powers and a use of his knowledge in the affairs of real life. No man is made strong in his library, any more than physical strength is developed at the table; no man is made morally strong or holy by life in a monastery. "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil." The world has little need of people who selfishly cultivate their intellectual and moral nature, refusing to use their superior powers for the benefit of others -nor cares how soon they may be taken out of it. HOME ATTRACTIONS AND AMUSE MENTS BY REV. JAMES H. POTTS, D. D. If those who are the enemies of innocent amusement had the direction of the world, they would take away spring and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.-Balzac. HERE should be a home for everybody, a home where the dearest treasures of life can be gathered, the purest pleasures enjoyed, the richest comforts and conveniences preserved, and where God can smile benignly upon adoring hearts and give prosperity and faithfulness, peace and gladness. "Who has not felt how sadly sweet The dream of home, the dream of home, Steals o'er the heart too soon to fleet, When far o'er land or sea we roam? To greener shores our bark may come; But far more bright, more dear than all, That dream of home, that dream of home. wants a home. The dream of home is universal. Those who have no home, dream of having one sometime, and those who have only poor ones, perpetually dream of better. The heart People who hang about hotels and boardinghouses, living nomadic lives, tucked up in trunks and bandboxes, are not satisfied, or, if they are, it is generally a proof that they are peculiarly fond of idleness and flirtation. Home should be attractive. It should be the center around which the hidden life keeps turning. The dear word ought to be indelibly written on the heart. So sweet, so felicitous, so charming, ought all its relations, associations and memories to be, that the heart can never leave it, or leaving, never cease pining to return. The best home attraction to begin with is an agreeable wedded companion. Pity the man or woman who is tied up to an uncongenial mate. Such a person never will have a |