Let us be kind;
The sunset tints will soon be in the west,
Too late the flowers are laid then on the quiet breast–
Let us be kind.
And when the angel guides have sought and found us,
Their hands shall link the broken ties of earth that
Bound us,
And heaven and home shall brighten all around us–
Let us be kind.
In the home love should come to its best. There it should reach its richest beauty. The song it sings there should be its sweetest. All love’s marvelous possibilities should be realized in the life of the home. Whatever love may achieve in any other relation or condition, home is the place where its lessons should be most perfectly learned. Home ought to be the holiest place on earth. It is to be a place of confidence. We are to trust each other perfectly there. There is never to be a shadow of doubt, suspicion, or want of confidence in the home fellowships. There should need to be no locked doors, no hidden secrets, no disloyalties, no enmities, and no diverse interests, in the home relations. We should understand each other there. We should live together in perfect frankness and confidence. Each should honour the other. We should see good and never evil, the one in the other. We should believe in each other. Our life together in the home should be characterized by perfect truth. Familiarity should never make us treat one another in any way that would give offence. The most familiar intimacy should not permit us ever to disregard the proprieties and amenities of the truest refinement. We should be more courteous in our homes than anywhere else in the world.
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