THE DOMESTIC CIRCLE
"Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee."—Mark 5:19.
There are a great many people longing for some grand sphere in which to serve God. They admire Luther at the Diet of …
THE OLD FOLKS’ VISIT
"I will go and see him before I die."—Gen. 45:28.
Jacob had long since passed the hundred year mile-stone. In those times people were distinguished for longevity. In the centuries after persons lived to great age. Galen, the most celebrated physician …
WOMAN ENTHRONED
"There are threescore queens."—Solomon's Song 6:8.
So Solomon, by one stroke, sets forth the imperial character of a true Christian woman. She is not a slave, not a hireling, not a subordinate, but a queen; and in my text Solomon sees …
TRIALS OF HOUSEKEEPING
"Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me."—Luke 10:40.
Yonder is a beautiful village homestead. The man of the house is dead and his widow is taking charge …
SISTERLY INFLUENCE
"And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him."—Exodus 2:4.
Princess Thermutis, daughter of Pharaoh, looking out through the lattice of her bathing-house, on the banks of the Nile, saw a curious boat on the river. …
THE MOTHER OF ALL
"And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, …
THE CHILDREN’S PATRIMONY
"Whose son art thou, thou young man?"—Samuel 17:58.
Never was there a more unequal fight than that between David and Goliath. David five feet high; Goliath ten. David a shepherd boy, brought up amid rural scenes; Goliath a warrior by profession. …
Maternity
"Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice."—I Samuel 2:19.
The stories of Deborah and Abigail are very apt to …
EASY DIVORCE
"What therefore God hath joined together let not man put asunder."—Matthew 19:6
That there are hundreds and thousands of infelicitous homes in America no one will doubt. If there were only one skeleton in the closet, that might be locked up …
HOTELS VERSUS HOMES
"And brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou …