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

Come, warble loud and clear;

Alas, alas! you’re weeping all,

You’re sobbing in my ear;

Good night; go, say the prayer she taught,

Beside your little bed.

The lips that used to bless you there,

Are silent with the dead.

A father’s hand your course may guide

Amid the storms of life,

His care protect those shrinking plants