Nothing could be more appropriate and beautiful than Jennie June's invocation to St.
Valentine: " If I should invoke St. Valentine, it would not be to make havoc in the hearts
of young girls, but to live forever in the homes of married lovers; to bind still closer the
golden cords; to tie up broken threads; to heal occasional wounds; to cast a veil of ob-
livion over the hasty word; to weave into one shining fabric the trust, the love, the peace,
the unity of happy wedded life, and with it invest all who enter the holy order of
matrimony."
MY TALISMAN.
ESTHER G. BARCLAY.
I've a precious little talisman
Lying close upon my heart,
And all the gold of Croesus
Could not buy that little chart.
It keeps me brave and hopeful,
Through the gloomiest, darkest day;
It guides my doubting footsteps
To the safest, surest way.
It makes each toilsome duty
Seem a messenger of love,
That's but fitting and preparing
for the mansions up above.
It brings the dear departed
So very, very near,
That their wondrous songs of rapture
Methinks I almost hear.
It sheds its brightening radiance
Through the vale we long to flee;
It guides the spirit upwards,
Till the Pearly Gates we see.
And this simple little talisman,
By a glorious King is given,
To each and all who ask Him,
As their guide from earth to heaven.
aith's that little talisman
Lying close upon my heart,
And there's naught in life or naught in dying
That can sunder them apart;
Come near me, O, my Father,
Come very near to me ;
Thy guiding hand in darkness
Is all the light I see.
I cannot tell the reason,
I cannot see the way;
The darkness of earth's shadows
Shuts out the light of day.
O, may I learn the lesson
That Thou would'st teach to me,
And trust Thee blindly, simply,
In all I cannot see.
A child should trust a father,
If that father's child it be:
O, make me feel it fully,
And leave it all to Thee.
ORDERLY DOMESTIC MANAGEMENT.
" As order is heaven's first law in the Universe, " Happy in this, she's not yet too old
so should it be the first law of conduct in the But she may learn; and happier than this,
regulation of the household." She is not bred so dull but she can learn."
EVERY woman should understand the elemental, the chemical, principles of cooking,
and an appreciation of geometrical precision requisite for neatness and order in
her own household. No place can be like home unless scrupulously clean
and orderly.
An orderly domestic management securing a selection of wholesome food, skill in
cooking, nicety in the appointments and regularity in the formalities of the table, and that
social intercourse of the well regulated family which not only takes away the grossness of
eating, but adds to the delight of refinement the satisfaction of health, will offer just the
requisites to wholesome living. There will then be no occasion for enquiring as to the
healthfulness of this or that mode of eating or drinking, or the digestibility of this or that
article of food, or the raising of any question which may disturb the mind with anxiety
about the needs and capabilities of the body, which is so apt to derange the functions of
the digestive organs.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Nothing could be more appropriate and beautiful than Jennie June's invocation to St. Valentine: " If I should invoke St. Valentine, it would not be to make havoc in the hearts of young girls, but to live forever in the homes of married lovers; to bind still closer the golden cords; to tie up broken threads; to heal occasional wounds; to cast a veil of oblivion over the hasty word; to weave into one shining fabric the trust, the love, the peace, the unity of happy wedded life, and with it invest all who enter the holy order of matrimony."
MY TALISMAN.
ESTHER G. BARCLAY.
I've a precious little talisman Lying close upon my heart,
And all the gold of Croesus Could not buy that little chart.
It keeps me brave and hopeful,
Through the gloomiest, darkest day;
It guides my doubting footsteps To the safest, surest way.
It makes each toilsome duty
Seem a messenger of love, That's but fitting and preparing
for the mansions up above.
It brings the dear departed
So very, very near, That their wondrous songs of rapture
Methinks I almost hear.
It sheds its brightening radiance Through the vale we long to flee;
It guides the spirit upwards, Till the Pearly Gates we see.
And this simple little talisman, By a glorious King is given,
To each and all who ask Him,
As their guide from earth to heaven.
Faith's that little talisman Lying close upon my heart, And there's naught in life or naught in dying That can sunder them apart;
Come near me, O, my Father,
Come very near to me ; Thy guiding hand in darkness
Is all the light I see.
I cannot tell the reason,
I cannot see the way; The darkness of earth's shadows
Shuts out the light of day.
O, may I learn the lesson That Thou would'st teach to me,
And trust Thee blindly, simply, In all I cannot see.
A child should trust a father, If that father's child it be:
O, make me feel it fully, And leave it all to Thee.
ORDERLY DOMESTIC MANAGEMENT.
" As order is heaven's first law in the Universe, " Happy in this, she's not yet too old
so should it be the first law of conduct in the But she may learn; and happier than this,
regulation of the household." She is not bred so dull but she can learn."
EVERY woman should understand the elemental, the chemical, principles of cooking, and an appreciation of geometrical precision requisite for neatness and order in her own household. No place can be like home unless scrupulously clean and orderly.
An orderly domestic management securing a selection of wholesome food, skill in cooking, nicety in the appointments and regularity in the formalities of the table, and that social intercourse of the well regulated family which not only takes away the grossness of eating, but adds to the delight of refinement the satisfaction of health, will offer just the requisites to wholesome living. There will then be no occasion for enquiring as to the healthfulness of this or that mode of eating or drinking, or the digestibility of this or that article of food, or the raising of any question which may disturb the mind with anxiety about the needs and capabilities of the body, which is so apt to derange the functions of the digestive organs.