Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (1903)

Ms 199, 1903

Family Worship

Healdsburg, Cal.

September 1903

Previously unpublished.

The church needs the living testimony revived among us. We need the reviving Spirit, the renovating, transforming grace of Christ. Love to God and love for our brethren and sisters does not exist as it once did. We want it now, just now, like the patriarchs of old. Those who profess to love God should reveal their faith by their words and works. 18LtMs, Ms 199, 1903, par. 1

If there ever was a time when every house [should] be made sacred with the morning and evening sacrifice, it is now. Like the patriarchs of old, we should see in every home those who claim to live for God [presenting] the morning and evening sacrifice wherever they pitch their tent. The Lord of heaven will not pass that tent by and not leave a blessing. Angels of God are observing the family who are seeking the Lord. Let the mother offer her prayer, and the children [theirs]. If they arise earlier to do this, angels are listening and will mark every petition offered. Sing a hymn of praise and angels will bear the tidings upward. 18LtMs, Ms 199, 1903, par. 2

In every Christian home God should be honored and glorified. Fathers and mothers are to bear in mind [that their] words are to be guarded—for their own sake and for their children's sake. Fathers, mothers, you are preparing your children for the future immortal life; therefore the atmosphere in the home must be after the divine order. 18LtMs, Ms 199, 1903, par. 3