The Home

A home is the ante-room to heaven when those who abide in it dwell together in love, and walk together in the fear of God, the faith of Christ, and the fruit of the Spirit.

1925 The Northwestern Lutheran

The following article is taken from the January 25, 1925 issue of The Northwestern Lutheran, Volume 12, Number 2, on page 29. A PDF scan of the original issue may be found in the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Digital Library.

The home is not the house. A home is the place where a family abides together in love, and in mutual respect and confidence. Homes sometimes thrive in cottages and perish in palaces. A home may be made in a tent, a rented house, an apartment, or a mansion.

A home is a fold that shelters a family from the wild beasts of lust, greed, strife, envy, hate, suspicion, distrust, selfishness, and unbelief.

A home is a harbor in which souls anchor and abide secure while the shifting waves of opinion, the tempest of doubt, and the storms of carnal stress and struggle lift the waves of fear and anxiety high without.

A home is a fortress from whose citadel the armed forces of love, gentleness, kindness, truth, virtues, chastity, and self-control, like an army of mighty men go forth to subdue the world.

A home is a sanctuary in which faith builds an altar of worship, opens a door of prayer, recognizes the presence of God and yields control of life’s desires and its destiny to the Son of God as Savior and Lord.

A home is the ante-room to heaven when those who abide in it dwell together in love, and walk together in the fear of God, the faith of Christ, and the fruit of the Spirit.

—The Watchman-Examiner.