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

In hours of danger, solitude, and pain,

Cheering the darkness, drying off the tear

And turning loss to gain?

"Shall not your gentle voice

Break on temptation’s dark and sullen mood,

Subdue our erring will, o’errule our choice,

And win from ill to good?

"Oh, yes! to us, to us,

A portion of your converse still be given!

Struggling affection still would hold us thus,