Family Religion, or the Domestic Relations as Regulated by Christian Principles (B.M. Smith)

Description

In a day when the family is under attack, one of our needs is for sound Biblical instruction on living in the family. It is to meet this need that Presbyterian Press offers this reprint (originally published 1859) to the reading public.

Table of Contents

1. The Nature, Design, and Importance of the Family Constitution
   • The Nature of the Family Constitution
   • The Design of the Family Constitution
   • The Importance of the Family Constitution
2. The Duties and Responsibilities Belonging to the Family Constitution
   • Responsibilities and Duties Common to All the Members of the Family
   • Responsibilities and Duties of Husbands and Wives
   • Responsibilities and Duties of Parents
   • Responsibilities and Duties of Children
   • Responsibilities and Duties of Masters and Servants
3. The Best Means to Secure the Ends Designed by the Family Constitution
   • Family Government
   • Physical Education
   • Mental Education
   • Religious Education
   • Infant Baptism
   • The Sabbath and the Sanctuary
   • Family Worship
   • Means for the Religious Improvement of Servants
4. The Relation of the Family to the Church
   • The Family a Means for Enlarging the Church
   • The Family an Aid to the Pastor’s Labours
   • The Family a Nursery of Active Church Members
   • The Family an Aid to the Devotional Services of the Church
   • The Family Prepares Officers for the Church
5. The Value, Difficulties, and Aids to Family Religion
   • The Value of Religion in the Family
   • The Difficulties of Family Religion
   • The Aids to Family Religion
6. The Pleas for Neglect and Delinquencies in Family Duties

Author

B.M. Smith (1811-1893; MDiv, DD, LLD, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, VA) was the first library of Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, VA, where is also taught as Professor of Oriental Literature after serving in several pastorates in the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. He is recognized as having saved the Seminary from financial ruin following the War Between the States, and he served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States in 1876. He authored Commentary on Psalms and Proverbs; An Introduction to Poetical Books of the Old Testament; and Questions on the Gospel, in addition to this book.