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

To spirits pure as you?

"Is it a fair, fond thought,

That you may still our friends and guardians be;

And heaven’s high ministry by you be wrought

With objects low as we?

"May we not secretly hope,

That you around our path and bed may dwell?

And shall not all, our blessings brighter drop

From hands we loved so well?

"Shall we not feel you near