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THE FAMILY ALTAR

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 30, 1873

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 43, No. 3.

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THE FAMILY ALTAR.

By Sel.

“O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before our Maker.”
Come to the place of prayer; Parents and children, come and kneel before Your God, and with united hearts adore Him whose alone your life and being are.
Come to the place of prayer, Ye band of loving hearts; oh! come and raise, With one consent, the grateful song of praise, To him who blessed you with a lot so fair.
Come in the morning hour! Who, who hath raised you from the dreams of night? Whose hand hath poured around thee cheering light? Come and adore that heavenly power.
Come at the close of day! Eve wearied nature sinks in gentle rest; Come and let all your sins be here confessed; Come, and for His protecting mercy pray.
Has sorrow’s withering blight Your dearest hopes in desolation laid, And the once cheerful home in gloom arrayed? Yet pray, for He can turn the gloom to light.
Has sickness entered in Your peaceful mansion? then let prayer ascend On wings of faith to that all-gracious Friend Who came to heal the bitter pains of sin.
Come to the place of prayer; At morn, at night—in gladness, or in grief— Surround the throne of grace; there seek relief, Oh! pay your free and grateful homage there.
So in the world above, Parents and children all may meet at last, When this your weary pilgrimage is past, To mingle there their joyful notes of love.
—Sel.