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A WORKMAN'S HOME.

.- .•■ .... „ _ Ah ! he's the riohett own by fiir, ' No matter who he be, Who bouts a loving wife at home, And children round his knee. / ; A crown were lighter in the scale ~ : .- : Than blessings such as these— ■ > A happy home, and thrifty wife •-.:,.: ■ As busy as her baes. . ;; What joy for him when he oomee home, Atad weary toil is of er. To see his wife and little ones '' Beside his oottage door! A sight to make his heart rejoice, His life forget its care ; ! AH ! God makes happy heart and home When He has entered there. To sit beside the winter lire, • With baby at his feet, To see his wife her knitting ply, And all things trim and neat j| While round he looks with smiling face, How sweet the thought must be, '•By God's help and an honest hand , - . . Tye wrought the goodl see!?* ?, Ohlhappy mother in your home, ; Made fi»ir by loring hands ; Oh ! happy fcther, touing stul For what each day demands. ■ Toil sweetens life, and he is poor ! [■ In all that makes the man Who sit§ with idle hands, nordoef The utmost that he can. The bee toils in its waxen oell,- ■> '• . The ant upon its hill, And all things labor in the world ■ f \ God's purpose to fulfil. .'-.*_ And they are wisest who pursue ;\. ; S Their toil in lore and faith," _ Bemembering the reward that lies Beyond the realms of death. M. B.

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Southland Times, Issue 1282, 22 July 1870, Page 3

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A WORKMAN'S HOME. Southland Times, Issue 1282, 22 July 1870, Page 3

A WORKMAN'S HOME. Southland Times, Issue 1282, 22 July 1870, Page 3

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