Nor let us fail to remark, that it was for the guidance of servants that these memorable words were inspired: "Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; not purloining, but showing all good fidelity;" and mark the lofty motive, "that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things." That is surely truest dignity, and again we say, How would domestic life be sweetened; how would many of our sins be compelled to hide their head ashamed; how would the lowly be exalted; how would the general aspect of society be changed--were our homes Christian homes in this respect! Were masters in their spheres, and servants in theirs, alike setting the Lord before them, alike serving him, alike "walking in the way of the Lord"--that one maxim steadfastly obeyed, would revolutionize many a home for good. No petty invasion then of another's rights on the one hand; no haughty neglect upon the other;--all would be well-ordered, for all would be according to the mind of God.[13] THE TYPE OF HEAVEN. And with this all before us, let fathers, mothers, and children--let masters and servants, or the employer and the employed, decide--Are they realizing their responsibility? Are they seeking the eternal good of those with whom they are connected? Are they enduring no wicked thing before their eyes, according to the Word of the Eternal? We know that a parent, for example, cannot impart grace to his child; nay, some of those whom parents most fondly cherish, may turn at last and rend them. But may not the hope be cherished that the blessing of God upon the use of means will turn the hearts of the children to the parents; or better still, to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ? May not parents hope, that in answer to their prayers and their pains, God will guide the young to Him whom these parents fear, to the Saviour whom they love, and the heavenly abode of which a Christian home on earth is the vestibule or type? Let parents pray for that result; let them labour for it; let them hope for it; and the Spirit of God may thus honour them to win the young to Christ. But how terrific the portion of the parent who shall meet his child in the presence of God, when that child has perished through the parent's sin! How blessed, how double the heaven, which is the home at once of parent and of child! THE HAPPY HOME.