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

Section I.—Home In The Sphere Of Nature.

"My home! the spirit of its love is breathing

In every wind that plays across my track,

From its white walls the very tendrils wreathing

Seem with soft links to draw the wanderer back.

There am I loved—there prayed for!—there my mother

Sits by the hearth with meekly thoughtful eye,

There my young sisters watch to greet their brother;

Soon their glad footsteps down the path will fly!

And what is home? and where, but with the loving?"