A returned missionary, shocked at
conditions in America, noted the fall of the family altar as one of the chief
changes in American life:
"My father gathered his family
together each morning & commended us to God's keeping before we separated
for the duties of the day.
On my return from India I found that he had
given up the practice of family prayer entirely & that my younger brothers
& sisters were individualists who cared nothing for the moral &
religious influence of the home.
What is true of my father's household is
true of many homes throughout the length & breadth of the land. The home is
no longer a unit; family life, with its spiritual & moral training is very
largely a thing of the past.
This in my judgment is the explanation of
the lack of moral earnestness & disregard for the rights of others so
strikingly apparent to me after an absence of a comparatively few years."
- (moreillustrations.com)
Acts 10:2 (NIRV) says: “Cornelius and all
his family were faithful and worshiped God…”
“If therefore our houses be houses of the
Lord, we shall for that reason love home, reckoning our daily devotion the
sweetest of our daily delights; and our family-worship the most valuable of our
family-comforts. A church in the house
will be a good inheritance to be left to your children after you.” - Matthew Henry.
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