observation of life. "A man may forget all that his mother has told him; he will never forget all that his mother was. He may lose reck oning of his father's counsel, but never of his father's character." If we are living illustrations of the truth we speak, children will be given a witness to the Christian faith that is more powerful than anything this world might use to supplant their faith in Christ. In one of his sermons, Dr. Ed ward Mohns tells of a college boy who came home unexpectedly for the week-end. It was an expensive trip both in time and money. His parents could not understand how he could afford it. He did not tell them why he was there. He just seemed to enjoy himself and they were wise enough not to keep ask ing him questions as to his pres ence. A few days after he returned to college, he wrote them a letter. "I know you have been wondering why I came home as I did. I felt I had to. A number of things have been troubling me lately. Being disturbed, it has unsettled my faith, bringing doubts and darkness. I felt that I had to get home, to get within its atmosphere for a little while, just to feel the sureness of things that I had known there. Thank you both! I found the an swers." That is the concept children should have about your home. They will only be able to get it if we follow Cod's blueprint prop erly and day by day. Is your home Scriptural? Seek His help in mak ing it so before it is too late! WORSHIPPING FAMILY STYLE A woman supposedly walked in to a religious bookstore asking to see their selection of family altars.
Seeing the clerk was a bit baffled, the customer explained further, "Well, my pastor urged us to have a family altar in our home. I would like one in Early American. It would look nice in the corner of our liv ing room." We may smile at her ignorance and yet there are a lot of people who have other miscon ceptions on the subject. A family altar is not the family Bible, no matter how large it may be, sitting conspicuously for com pany to see. It is really the house hold gathering together to read the Scriptures, responding personally to what God tells them about them selves and His will. In Deuteronomy 6:4, one of the crucial passages in the Old Testa ment, the Lord stressed that godli ness should begin at home. In the eyes of the Lord, the home is the ideal school of spiritual training. Yet, there are thousands of par ents who have given their children everything but this. They have pro vided nourishing food on the tables and expensive clothes for the bod ies. Yet, the youth have not been introduced to the Saviour. Judge Healy of the Juvenile Court of De troit said, "Eighty percent of the youngsters arraigned in my court come from homes in which there has been no religious training." One primary way to help your youngsters know the Lord is to have a period of family devotions each day. This can have a real part in transforming your home into one that is dynamically Christian. Too many adults recoil from the whole idea because they remember fam ily worship as children which was dry and unmeaningful. The young sters might have sat in absolute silence while father stumbled Page 15
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