"To outsiders, the 5 energetic women seemed to rule the house, & so they did in many things; but the quiet scholar, sitting among his books was still the head of the family, the household conscience, anchor, & comforter; for to him the busy, anxious women always turned in troublous times, finding him, in the truest sense of those sacred words, husband & father.
"The girls gave their hearts into their mother's keeping, their souls into their father's; & to both parents, who lived & labored so faithfully for them, they gave a love that grew with their growth, & bound them tenderly together by the sweetest tie which blesses life & outlives death."
Chapter 24
Blessings from Ohio . . . Kim<><
I've got to read this book! I am going right now to get it on my kindle! Thanks Kim! It will be on my September reading list.
ReplyDeleteThat is so lovely! God's blessings to us in our families is immeasurable!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Christine