. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . l between this and my grave where thosehands will not help me. Theirs was not a very splendid home, as the worldcalls it; but we had a family Bible there, well worn by tender perusal: and therewas a family altar there, where we knelt morning and night; and there wasa holy Sabbath there ; and stretched in a straight line, or hung in loops orfestoons, there was a scarlet line in the window. Oh, the tender, precious,blessed memory of a Christian home! Is that the impression you are makingupon your children? When you are dead—and it
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . l between this and my grave where thosehands will not help me. Theirs was not a very splendid home, as the worldcalls it; but we had a family Bible there, well worn by tender perusal: and therewas a family altar there, where we knelt morning and night; and there wasa holy Sabbath there ; and stretched in a straight line, or hung in loops orfestoons, there was a scarlet line in the window. Oh, the tender, precious,blessed memory of a Christian home! Is that the impression you are makingupon your children? When you are dead—and it will not be long before youare—when you are dead, will your child say, If there ever was a good Chris-tian father, mine was one? If there ever was a good Christian mother, minewas one ? Will they say that after you are dead ? Standing some Sabbathnight in church preaching the glorious Gospel, as I am trying to do, willthey tell the people in that day how there are hands of benediction on theirbrow and hands of parental benediction on both their shoulders ?.
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