We Can Make Home Happy

Though we may not change the cottage For a mansion tall and ({rand, Or exchange a üttle grass-plat For a boundless stretch of land - Yet there'a 3omething brighter, dearer, Thau the wealth we'd thus cominaud. Tliough we havo no means to purcha3e Costly pictures, rich and rare - Though we have no silken hangings For the walls so cold and bare - We can hang them o'er with garlands, For flowers bloom everywhere. We can always mako home cheerful, If the right course wr begin; We can malee its mmates happy, And their truest blessings win ; It will make the small room brighter, Xf we lot the sunshine in. When we gather round the fireside When the evening houra are long; We can blend our hearts and voious In a happy, social song ; We can guiae some erring brother, Lead him from the path oL wrong. We may fill our home with music, And with sunshine brimming o'er, If against all dark intruders We will firmly elose the door - Yet, should evil shadows enter, We must love each other more. There are treasures for the lowly Which the grandest fail to find ; There is a chain of sweet affection Binding friends of kindred miud - We may reap the choicest blessings From the poorest lot assigned.