Luther at home . ofperfectness. It is the fragrant blossom thatwill not only gladden the heart, but beau-tify the humblest home with the ministriesof peace and charity. And so Luther andhis beloved Ketha, by being one in Christ,maintained this affectional and life-longunity. Jesus, who came to open heavenlymansions into our earthly habitations, wastheir ever welcome and abiding guest, and 44 MA RRIA GE. the atmosphere of their home was redolentof His heavenly spirit. Thus they grew inpersonal excellence, mutual affinity, andspiritual oneness, to the end of life. Thisassimilative growth in true
Luther at home . ofperfectness. It is the fragrant blossom thatwill not only gladden the heart, but beau-tify the humblest home with the ministriesof peace and charity. And so Luther andhis beloved Ketha, by being one in Christ,maintained this affectional and life-longunity. Jesus, who came to open heavenlymansions into our earthly habitations, wastheir ever welcome and abiding guest, and 44 MA RRIA GE. the atmosphere of their home was redolentof His heavenly spirit. Thus they grew inpersonal excellence, mutual affinity, andspiritual oneness, to the end of life. Thisassimilative growth in true Christian mar-riage is beautifully expressed in those ex-quisite lines of Tennyson: Yet in the long years liker must they grow;The man be more of woman, she of man:He gain in sweetness and in moral height,Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world;She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care:Move as the double-natured poet each:Till at the last she set herself to manLike perfect music unto noble LUTHERSINGING WITH HIS FAMLY. /zrmss 45
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