Home is a stewardship; and if
faithful to its high and holy vocation, it has a good reward for its labor
of love. "If ye sow to the spirit ye shall of the spirit reap life
everlasting." This promise of reward is "to you and to your children."
"Many souls shall be given for its hire." Their children shall reap the
reward of the faithfulness of the parents. Of them it shall be said, "this
is the seed which the Lord hath blessed." Faithful parents have thus a
glorious recompense of reward. God shall reward thee openly. Make your
household a true nursery for the soul; and He will give thee thy wages. The
blessing of the Most High will descend like dew upon you and your children.
And when they grow up to manhood, He will make them His agents in rewarding
you. They will honor and comfort you in your declining years. They will not
depart from the ways of the Lord in which you trained them. Though they may
be in a distant land,--far from you and the cherished home of their
childhood, yet they will obey your admonitions, gratefully remember your
kindness; and their grateful obedience and remembrance will be your great
reward from them. They will rise up and call you blessed.
"Though we dwell apart,
Thy loving words are with me evermore,--
Thy precious loving words. Thy hand, and heart.
And earnest soul of love, are here impressed,
For me, a dear memorial through all time.
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