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

Yet hast not gather’d fruit,—save rankling thorns,

Or Sodom’s bitter apples,—hast thou read

Heaven’s promise to the seeker? Thou may’st bring

Those o’er whose cradle thou didst watch with pride,

And lay them at thy Savior’s feet, for lo!

His shadow falling on the wayward soul,

May give it holy health. And when thou kneel’st

Low at the pavement of sweet Mercy’s gate,

Beseeching for thine erring ones, unfold

The passport of the King,—’Ask, and receive!