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

The loved ones lingering there;

Do they think of the outcast far away,

And breathe for me a prayer?

That early home I shall see no more,

And I wish not there to go,

For the happy past may nought restore—

The future is but woe.

But ’twould be a balm to my heavy heart

Upon its dreary way,

If I could think I have a part