. Life and letters of General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson). ly before committing himself to Presby-terianism. He considered it a model of sound doc-trine, as he did also the Confession of Faith; but hischief study was the Bible itself, which was truly alamp unto his feet, and a light unto his path. After boarding more than a year, he finalh^ suc-ceeded in ])urchasing a house in Lexington, the onlyavailable one he could obtain, and it was his intentionto sell it and build one to suit himself in the course oftime. r>ut unsuitable as this large, old house was forhis small fjiniily, it
. Life and letters of General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson). ly before committing himself to Presby-terianism. He considered it a model of sound doc-trine, as he did also the Confession of Faith; but hischief study was the Bible itself, which was truly alamp unto his feet, and a light unto his path. After boarding more than a year, he finalh^ suc-ceeded in ])urchasing a house in Lexington, the onlyavailable one he could obtain, and it was his intentionto sell it and build one to suit himself in the course oftime. r>ut unsuitable as this large, old house was forhis small fjiniily, it was genuine happiness to him tohave a home of his own: it was the first one he hadever possessed, and it was truly his castle. He lost UNDER OUR OWN ROOF-TREE. 107 no time in going to work to repair it and make itcomfortable and attractive. His tastes were simple,but he liked to have everything in perfect order—every door * on golden hinges softly turning, as heexpressed it; a place for everything, and everythingin its place; and under his methodical management. f^-i^K ~^^l THE JACKSON DWELLING, LEXINGTON. his household soon became as regular and well-or-dered as it was possible for it to be with negro ser-vants. His furniture was very plain, though of ex-cellent materials; but simplicity itself marked everyarticle. A lady said it was just lier idea of a Chris-tian home. He believed in providing his family withevery comfort and convenience, for which he spared lOS LIFK OF GENERAL THOMAS J. JACKSON. no expense. He was intensely fond of his home, andit was there he found his greatest happiness. Thereall that was best in his nature shone forth, sheddingsweetness and light over his household. Those uho knew General Jackson only as they sawhim in public would have found it hard to believe thatthere could be such a transformation as he exhibitedin his domestic life. He luxuriated in the freedomand liberty of his home, and his buoyancy and joyous-ness of nature often ran into a pla
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