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Directing the Sanctification of the Family, May 10
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not
depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
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I appeal to parents to prepare themselves and their children to unite with
the family above. Get ready, for Christ’s sake, get ready to meet your Lord
in peace. Begin to work in your family on right lines. Get down to the root
of the matter. Bring the truth into your homes, to sanctify and purify them.
Do not keep it in the outer court. How blind many professing Christians are
to their own interests! How utterly they fail to see what Christ would do for
them were He admitted into their homes. Let Christians work as earnestly to
win the crown of life as worldlings work to win earthly advantages, and the
church of God will certainly move forward with power....
The Holy Spirit produces actions that are in harmony with the law of God.
The regenerating work of the Spirit will be seen in families where painstaking
efforts are put forth to manifest kindness, patience, and love. Almighty power
is at work, preparing minds and hearts to submit to the molding influence of
the Holy Spirit, leading parents to sanctify themselves, that their children also
may be sanctified.
The home in which the members are polite, courteous Christians exerts a
far-reaching influence for good. Other families will mark the results attained
by such a home, and will follow the example set, in their turn guarding the
home against satanic influences.
The angels of God will often visit the home in which the will of God
bears sway. Under the power of divine grace such a home becomes a place
of refreshing to worn, weary pilgrims. By watchfully guarding, self is kept
from asserting itself. Correct habits are formed. There is a careful recognition
of the rights of others. The faith that works by love and purifies the soul
stands at the helm, presiding over the whole household. Under the hallowed
influence of such a home, the principle of brotherhood laid down in the Word
of God is more widely recognized and obeyed.—
The Southern Watchman,
January 19, 1904
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