Luther at Home (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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We triist this humble effort to portray the home-life of the great Reformer may, at least, awaken the inquiry in every reader: What is home to me And as you follow Luther as he appears in these pen pictures and home scenes, will you allow and ponder the questions: Is home a place of seridus thought as well as of love and gladness? Have you an altar of prayer there? Is it overarched by the presence of God, and brightened by His benediction? DO you comprehend the meaning Of the commu nionss'that are brightened by its fire-light, of the Shadowy memories that fresco its walls Is it a little thing to you that the cry of birth has been heard beneath its roof, that the mystery of death has descended into its chambers? Is there no solemnity as well as gladness in the relations Of husband and wife, of father and mother - a solemnity that links time to eter nity, and earth with heaven? Is not home full of incentives, full of voices calling to duty and.

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