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Nature._--The Power of Home-Association. Inadequate Ideas of Home. Home is
a Divine Institute. Its Highest Conception. Definition of Home. Its
Two-fold Aspect. As simply Physical. As purely Moral. Home in the Sphere of
Natural Affection. Home-Love. Home-Ties. The Angel-Spirit of Home. Our
Nature Demands Home. Home-Sickness. Conclusion.

_Section II.: Some in the Sphere of the Church_.--The Heathen Home.
Constituent Elements of the Christian Home. Marriage. Husband and Wife.
Parents and Children. Union of the Members of a Family. The Christian Home
must be Churchly. How we Abuse it. Examples of True Homes. Parental
Neglect. Address to Parents and Children. Home-Meetings and Greetings.

CHAPTER II.

THE MISSION OF THE CHRISTIAN HOME.--The Nature of this Mission. David.
Joshua. It is Two-fold. The Temporal Well-Being of the Members. How Parents
Abuse this part of the Home-Mission. The Eternal Well-Being of the Members.
Extent of the Home-Mission. Its Importance and Responsibility. Seen in the
Vicarious Character of Home. The Principle of Moral Reproduction. The
Visitation of Parental Iniquity upon the Children. The Guilt of
Unfaithfulness to this Mission. Qualifications for it. The Law of Equality
in Marriage. How Parents may Disqualify themselves for it. Incentives to
Faithfulness. Address to Parents.

CHAPTER III.

FAMILY RELIGION.--The Christian Home Demands Family Religion. What is it?
Different from Personal Religion. Co-existent with. Home. Essential to its
Constitution. Its Historical Development from Eden to the Present Age. Its
Present Neglect. What it Includes. The Example of our Primitive Fathers.
The Forms in which it is Developed. The Home-Mission Demands it. Its
Necessity seen in the Value of the Soul. Home without it. Home with it.
Relations of Home Demand it. Reply to Excuses from it. Defect of it now.
Reasons for this. It is Implied in the Marriage Relation and Obligation.
Motives to Establish it.

CHAPTER IV.

THE RELATION OF HOME TO THE CHURCH.--It must be Churchly. This Relation is
Vital and Necessary, involving Mutual Dependence. Relation of Preparation.
Home Completes Itself in the Church. It has Power only in the Sphere of
the Church. This Relation involves Duties and Responsibilities.

CHAPTER V.

HOME-INFLUENCE.--Home has Power. This is either a Curse or a Blessing. What
is Home-Influence? Its Character. Its Degree Estimated from the Force of
First Impressions. Scripture Testim