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

Were destined to wither and perish at noon?

"On the past sadly musing, oh pause not a moment;

Could we live o’er again but one bright sunny day;

’Twere better than ages of present enjoyment,

In the memory of scenes that have long passed away.

"But time ne’er retraces the footsteps he measures;

In fancy alone with the past we can dwell;

Then take my last blessing, loved scene of young pleasures;

Dear home of my childhood—forever farewell!"

CHIEF JUSTICE GIBSON.