Obedience at Home by Christian Leader

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 27, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 45.

Obedience at Home.

By Christian Leader

The numerous runaway matches and startling elopements of the period are among the evidences of a defective home life. There are sons without sense and daughters without dutifulness. A combination of untoward circumstances may sometimes annul the best training. But a true home life is the defense of society and the safeguard of the young. Not contention, nor railing, nor hard and fast rules; but obedience inculcated early will become spontaneous at length, joined with a sweet reasonableness, with affectionate interest and with confidence, are the conditions of such a home life. Too much absorption in business on one side, and in display on the other, have to answer for a great harvest of domestic sorrow.—Christian Leader.