The Home Circle by Mrs. Morgan

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Mar 6, 1879

The Home Circle.

By Mrs. Morgan

WOMAN'S WORK.

"Learn first to show piety at home." SHOW first thy piety at home, Let all who dwell beneath thy dome Discern the light that shines in thee, Through acts of kindly ministry. Requite with tender filial cares The guardians of thine early years, And be it thy belov'd employ, To give their latter days new joy, If thou hast sisters, gently guide Their footsteps to the Saviour's side: If thou hast brothers, wisdom seek, That thou the fitting words may'st speak. To which the Spirit shall give power, To save them in the tempted hour. Art thou a wife, with graceful skill Influence for good thy husband's will, Be in his eyes a guiding light To all that's pure, and true, and right. Hast thou a child? be this thy part, To win to Christ its fresh young heart; Making it feel thine own is His And serving Him thy highest bliss. Be to thy servants just and kind, Expecting many a fault to find. Perhaps thyself a servant art; It matters not—act well thy part. Who works the best, commends God's grace, Not he who fills the highest place. Whate'er thy station, make it shine With somewhat of the light divine; So shall thy life an influence be, Showing the worth of piety.

Perchance thou dwell'st beneath a dome Thou callest boarding-place, not home, Where strangers strangers meet awhile, Exchange a word, a look, a smile, Unconscious of the secret force That underlies their intercourse, For good or ill, to curse or bless, Think not thy home work there the less, The fields are white—their reaper be; Perhaps the gathering waits for thee; And thence thou precious sheaves may'st bring When "Harvest Home" the laborers sing. —Mrs. Morgan.