Seek Christ as a Family
How can you hope to meet with those whom you love near Christ in heaven, unless with them you seek Christ on earth? How shall you assemble as a family there, if you have not as a family attended to … Continued
Once Lost, Now Found
A good many years ago there was a farmer living in the western part of Pennsylvania who had a large family of children. One day the youngest child of the family, a little boy about four years old, whose name … Continued
High Priest in the Home
But do you say, “This is so strange a thing?” What, my brethren! Is it not more strange that a family professing to be Christian, professing to have a firm hope for eternity, should advance toward that eternity without giving … Continued
A Clever Canine
A young lady living in Shropshire, England, owned a very handsome brown terrier dog whose name was Minto. He was a great pet with the lady and all her family, and though he was a very gentle creature to all … Continued
The Right Conversation
You can speak of everything when with them; your conversation is upon a thousand different matters; but your tongue and your heart can not find room for one word about God! You will not look up as a family to … Continued
Pulled Safely to Shore
A gentleman connected with the Newfoundland fishery had a dog of remarkable intelligence and faithfulness. On one occasion a boat’s crew in his employ were seen to be in circumstances of great danger. They were near a line of breakers … Continued
The Best Inheritance
If therefore our houses be houses of the Lord, we shall for that reason love home, reckoning our daily devotion the sweetest of our daily delights; and our family-worship the most valuable of our family-comforts… A church in the house … Continued
The Assembling Family
At an early hour in the morning the family was assembled and a portion of Scripture was read from the Old Testament, which was followed by a hymn and a prayer, in which thanks were offered up to the Almighty … Continued
The Brave Kate Shelley
Kate lived in the town of Boone, in Iowa, near a railroad bridge over a creek called Honey Creek. She was about sixteen years old when the event took place which called forth her courage. It was on the evening … Continued
Clearly Important
Family Worship is led by fathers, or other heads of families, with a view to establishing God-centered homes, promoting worship in all of life in all the members of the household, and in preparation for public worship. The Bible makes … Continued