Plenty Room for Improvement
Let family worship be short, savory, simple, plain, tender, heavenly. ~ Richard Cecil
Faithful to the End
One day, the engineer of a railway train near Montreal, in Canada, saw a large dog on the track. He was barking furiously, and leaping up and down, as if he wanted to give notice for the train to stop. … Continued
No Rigid Expectations
We have found it important not to enter the family worship time with rigid expectations and a rigid plan. We want an atmosphere of freedom, where our teenagers feel free to ask questions, verbalize doubts, express confusion, debate applications, and … Continued
Family Worship’s Necessity
Not only Scripture, but reason and experience point to the necessity for family worship. ~ Richard Baxter
Say No to Temptation
After breakfast, one morning, the waiter girl who had charge of the pantry of a large farmhouse in England locked it up for the rest of the day. In doing this, without knowing it, she had locked up in that … Continued
Family Reformation
You are not likely to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation. Some little religion there may be, here and there; but while it is confined to single persons, and is not promoted in families, it will not … Continued
Kind to the Unkind
An English farmer had a dog that had been very useful to him. But the dog was getting old, and his master had made up his mind to drown him. So one day he took the dog with him to … Continued
Promotes Peace and Unity
Amid hectic schedules and frazzled lifestyles, daily worship allows the father to keep short accounts in the family. Arguments or disagreements cannot long remain unresolved when the family joins daily to hear the Scriptures read and commented on. ~ Michael … Continued
True Affection
The captain of an artillery company of South Carolina was killed in a battle in Virginia during the late war. His body was placed in a coffin, which was put into a strong box and carried to the home of … Continued