ony to it. Its Legitimate Objects. How
it Acts in the Formation of Character. Augustine. Washington. John Q.
Adams. Bishop Hall. Dr. Doddridge. Dr. Cumming. A Mother Won to Christ by a
Daughter. Its Influence upon the State. Napoleon. Homes of the Revolution.
The Spartan Mother and Home. Its Influence upon the Church. Its
Responsibility Inferred.

CHAPTER VI.

HOME AS A STEWARDSHIP.--What is a Steward? Home is a Stewardship. Parents.
Home-Interests. Identity of Interest between the Master and Steward. Mother
of Moses. Character and Responsibilities of this Stewardship. The Social
Prostitution of Home. The Principle of Accountability this Stewardship
Involves. The Final Settlement.

CHAPTER VII.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHRISTIAN HOME.--These Inferred from Home-Influence
and Stewardship. Their Measure. By the Magnitude of Home-Interest. By the
Kind of Influence upon the Members. By the Guilt and Punishment of Parental
Unfaithfulness. They are Incentives to Parental Integrity. A Family Drama
in Two Acts. Filial Responsibility. Address to Parents and Children.

CHAPTER VIII.

THE FAMILY BIBLE.--The Memories which cluster around it. The Household
Interests it Contains. The Bible as a Family Record. As a Home-Inheritance.
As the Gift of a Mother's Love. An Indispensable Appendage to Home. Its
Adaptation to Home. It should be Used as the Text-Book of Home-Education.
Its Abuse and Neglect.

CHAPTER IX.

INFANCY.--New Eras in Family History. The First-Born. Charm and Interest of
Infancy. The Infant as a Member of Home. Its Emblematic Character. Its
Helplessness. Its Prophetical Character. The Trust and Responsibility
Involved. The Mother's Relation to Infancy. Address to Parents.

CHAPTER X.

HOME-DEDICATION.--The Hebrew Mother and her Child. Reasons for Dedication.
Dedication of Children. Abraham. Offering of Isaac. Little Samuel. David.
Typical Character of Old Testament Family Offerings. Benefits of
Home-Dedication. Duty of Parents to Devote their Sons to the Ministry. The
Unfaithfulness of Parents to this duty.

CHAPTER XI.

CHRISTIAN BAPTISM.--The Baptismal Altar. It is the Sacrament of
Home-Dedication. Infants are its True Subjects. Home Demands it. Infant
Baptism Proven, by the Child's Need of Salvation, by the Idea and Mission
of Christ, by the Idea of the Church, by the Hereditary Character of Sin,
by the Relation of Christian Parents to their Children, by the Constitution
of Family Life. En