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The Christian Home: As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Church; Showing the Mission, Duties, Influences, Habits, and Responsibilities of Home, its Education, Government, and Discipline; with Hints on "Match Making," and the Relation of Parents to the Marriage Choice of their Children; together with a consideration of the Tests in the Selection of a Companion, Etc. — John Shaqi

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The Christian Home: As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Church; Showing the Mission, Duties, Influences, Habits, and Responsibilities of Home, its Education, Government, and Discipline; with Hints on "Match Making," and the Relation of Parents to the Marriage Choice of their Children; together with a consideration of the Tests in the Selection of a Companion, Etc.

Name: The Christian Home: As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Church; Showing the Mission, Duties, Influences, Habits, and Responsibilities of Home, its Education, Government, and Discipline; with Hints on "Match Making," and the Relation of Parents to the Marriage Choice of their Children; together with a consideration of the Tests in the Selection of a Companion, Etc.
Author: Philips, Samuel

Philips, Samuel

Family; Home; Marriage; Parent and child

HOME-DEDICATION.--The Hebrew Mother and her Child. Reasons for Dedication.
Dedication of Children. Abraham. Offering of Isaac. Little Samuel. David.
Typical Character of Old Testament Family Offerings. Benefits of
Home-Dedication. Duty of Parents to Devote their Sons to the Ministry. The
Unfaithfulness of Parents to this duty.


CHAPTER XI.

CHRISTIAN BAPTISM.--The Baptismal Altar. It is the Sacrament of
Home-Dedication. Infants are its True Subjects. Home Demands it. Infant
Baptism Proven, by the Child's Need of Salvation, by the Idea and Mission
of Christ, by the Idea of the Church, by the Hereditary Character of Sin,
by the Relation of Christian Parents to their Children, by the Constitution
of Family Life. Enemies of Infant Baptism. Why Opposed to it. Their
Sophistry. Dr. A. Carson. Appeal to Parents. Duty and Privilege of Parents
to have their Children Baptized. Its Neglect and Abuse. How Abused. The Old
Landmarks. Striking Statistics. Abuse by Parents and Children.


CHAPTER XII.

CHRISTIAN NAMES.--Proper Kind of Names. Law of Correspondence and
Association. Christian Names. Much in a Name. Naming a Child should not be
Arbitrary. Nebuchadnezzar. Adam. The Hebrews. Woman. Eve. Cain. Seth.
Samuel. Dr. Krummacher. Names now Given. The Folly and Evil of it. Why we
should give Suitable Names. Why Scriptural Names. Mary. Instances of Proper
Christian Names.


CHAPTER XIII.

HOME AS A NURSERY.--Idea of Nursing. What a Nursery Is. The sense in which
Home is a Nursery. Character of the Home-Nursery. The Mother's Special
Sphere. Relation of the Nursery to the Formation of Character. The Nursery
is Physical. Sickly and Immoral Nurses. Consequences. It is Intellectual.
Its Abuse. It is Moral and Spiritual. The Ways in which the Nursery is
Abused. Boarding Schools.


CHAPTER XIV.

HOME-SYMPATHY.--An Argument against the Neglect and Abuse of the Nursery.
Its Natural Elements. Its Definition and Nature. The Ancients. Baptista
Porta. Plato. Middle Ages. It is Passive and Active. Its Disease. Good
Samaritan. Rousseau. Robespierre. Its Relation to Natural Affection. Its
Relation to Woman. Its Religious Elements. Christ. Ruth. Joseph. Mother of
Samuel. Peter. Esther. Paul. Family of Lazarus. Its True Pattern. Its
Attractive Power. Unfaithfulness to its Law. Its Highest Element.


CHAPTER XV.

FAMILY PRAYER.--Its Relation to Home-Sympathy. Its Necessity. Its Idea. Dr.
Dwight's View. The Duty to establish it Proven. Its Neglect. Excuses from
Family Prayer. Address to Parents.


CHAPTER XVI.

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