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BEGIN AT HOME by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: NO HOME SO UNWISE AS THE TEACHER'S
Last Line: TO THE HOME-NEGLECTERS OF EARTH.
Subject(s): HOME;
No home so unwise as the teacher's
That teaches only abroad;
No home so accursed as the preacher's
That tells only strangers of God.

Ah, there's many a world's care-taker
Whose house lacks neatness and grace,
And there's many a merrymaker
Whose home is the saddest place.

And I wonder if up in heaven.
Where homes are of priceless worth,
Christ's "many mansions" are given
To the home-neglecters of earth.



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