American messenger . THE OUTPUT OF A HOME BY J. WILBUR CHAPMAN. HOME is properly built whenits foundation is the Word ofGod, when its strength is theresult of keeping the com-mands of God, when Christ isits center, and when faithbinds the members of such ahousehold together, not only for time, but foreternity. In the Old Testament times a father was thespiritual head of his household. Alas, in thesemodern days we seem to have gotten away fromthis ideal, and yet it may be that a reaction willsoon set in and homes shall be as once theywere; then fathers will be truer, mothers willbe more c
American messenger . THE OUTPUT OF A HOME BY J. WILBUR CHAPMAN. HOME is properly built whenits foundation is the Word ofGod, when its strength is theresult of keeping the com-mands of God, when Christ isits center, and when faithbinds the members of such ahousehold together, not only for time, but foreternity. In the Old Testament times a father was thespiritual head of his household. Alas, in thesemodern days we seem to have gotten away fromthis ideal, and yet it may be that a reaction willsoon set in and homes shall be as once theywere; then fathers will be truer, mothers willbe more consistent, children will be more prop-erly trained, and forth from the home againshall go streams of influence to make the worldbetter. Give us better homes and we shall do wonder-ful things in our day and generation. The following bit of history proves this. It<s the story of the influence of one man and ofhose who came after him. He was born in England in Queen Eliza-oeths time. He became a clergyman, andlived an upright life; and so did his wife. Theirson cam
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