GRACE NOLL CROWELL
All the homes of a country make the nation. This is especially true of the Philippines, where family ties are strong and where the family is an important social institution.
Read this poem to find out the characteristics of desirable homes. Compare the message of this poem with that of "Departing from the Beautiful Village."
SO LONG as there are homes to which men turn
At the close of day,
So long as there are homes where children are---
Where women stay,
If love and loyalty and faith be found
Across these sills,
A stricken nation can recover from its gravest ills.
So long as there are homes where the fires burn
And prayers are said:
Although a people falters through the dark
And nations grope,
With God himself back of these little homes
We still can hope.
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