The Christian Home / As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Church; Showing the Mission, Duties, Influences, Habits, and Responsibilities of Home, its Education, Government, and Discipline; with Hints on "Match Making," and the Relation of Parents to the Marriage Choice of their Children; together with a consideration of the Tests in the Selection of a Companion, Etc.

by Samuel Philips

Brings back their faded forms to view.

How life-like through the mist of years,

Each well-remembered face appears;

We hear their words, their smiles behold,

They’re round us as they were of old—

We are all here!"

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Chapter II.—The Mission Of The Christian Home.

"If in the family thou art the best,