Family Faith

Fathers, you are the heads of happy families today. All that I ask is, that you make them happier still—happy, not only in your love, but in the love of God the Savior; happy for time and through eternity. The happiest family may not always be so. The most smiling circle will be in tears some day. All that I ask is, that you will secure, for yourself and your children, a friend in that blessed Redeemer, who will wipe all tears from all faces. Your families may soon be scattered, and familiar voices may cease to echo within your walls. They may each go to his own, and some of them may go far away. Oh, see to it, that the God of Bethel goes with them; that they may set up an altar, even on a distant shore, and sing the Lord's song in that foreign land.