For Altar and For Hearth Lutheran Wisdom for Church and Home

1924

1924 John H. C. Fritz Walther League Messenger

The Ideal Husband

Read again slowly and carefully the words of Paul. According to these words, the ideal husband is the Christian husband. The ideal husband is the man who knows his place in the home, loves his wife, keeps her, and cleaves unto her.

1924 Walter A. Maier Walther League Messenger

The Christian and His Power

Above the bickering and cavil of deceit-blinded mortals, rings true and clear the paean of that victory which overcomes the world and which still puts within the grasp of mortal men the greatest power which the world has ever known.

1924 The Lutheran Witness

Making the Home Beautiful

Even on the humblest family rests the obligation of making the home attractive, for old and young alike.

1924 Hans Manthey Zorn The Lutheran Witness

Courtship and Marriage: Conduct of the Betrothed and Newly Married

The rearing of a family, the raising of children, is the proper function of the holy estate of matrimony. There the purity of the nation is preserved. There is the blessing of God.

1924 Hans Manthey Zorn The Lutheran Witness

Courtship and Marriage: Qualifications of a Future Helpmeet

The one great qualification which a Christian should look for is the fear of God. And your future spouse should be one heart and one soul with you in your true Lutheran faith.