Family At Home
By Gorham Abbott
The author, Gorham Abbott, was the son of Jacob Abbott, and younger brother of John S.C. Abbott. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1826, and studied theology at Andover Seminary form the class of 1831.
CONTENTS
The Family at Home
Familiar Illustrations of Various Domestic Duties
Brown The Devil's Mission of Amusement 7 page article from 1889. Hollywood in the church and her ministries. Brown was a student of C.H Spurgeon.
Excerpts:
Different days demand their own special testimony. The watchman who would be faithful to his Lord and to the city of his God needs to carefully note the signs of the times and to emphasize his witness accordingly. Concerning the testimony needed now, there can be little if any doubt. An evil is in the professed camp of the Lord, that is so gross, so brazen in its impudence, that the most shortsighted of spiritual men can hardly fail to notice it.... Amusement for the people is the leading article advertised by each... until the hideous fact has been proved up to the hilt, that "amusement" is ousting "the preaching of the Gospel" as the great attraction... The Concert is fast becoming as much a recognized part of church life as the Prayer Meeting; and it is already, in most places, far better attended.
"Providing recreation for the people" will soon be looked upon as a necessary part of Christian work, and as binding upon the Church of God, as though it were a Divine command, unless some strong voices are raised which will make themselves heard.
Read the 7-page article: Brown, The Devil's Mission of Amusement.
by Gorham D. Abbott, 1833
Section 1
Introduction
The Sutton Family
Deference to Parents
Section 2
Speculation and suretyship
Self-Conceit
Punctuality
Procrastination
Decision of Character
Mutual Forbearance
Maxims on Waste
Female Dress
Sobriety and Moderation
Section 3
Health and Sickness
Looking for Things in Wrong Places
Good Thoughts in the Midst of Business
Where There’s a Will There’s a Way
Correcting Mistakes
Conquest of Evil Tempers
Ill-gotten Goods
Section 4
Changing Residences
Providence
Peace and Forgiveness
Kindness Among Neighbors
Self-Denial
Usefulness
Courtship and Marriage
Care of Children
Family Prayer
Section 5
Advice to Young Tradesmen
Section 6
Helping One Another
Changing Employment
Superstition
Homemakers
Respect to the Aged
Jesting, Foolishness
Christian Patriotism
Good and Ill Reports
Companions and Secrets
Government of the Tongue
Section 7
Reading
Common Sense
Politeness
Help and Pity
Maxims Against Sin
Conscience
Self-examination
Repentance
Section 8
The Awful State of a Wicked Man
Sickness, Recovery, Death
True Riches
Crosses and Afflictions
The Widow and the Fatherless
Christian Contentment and Cheerfulness
Hints for Young People
Section 9
Rules for Daily Conduct
Brothers and Sisters
Decision in Religion
Consistency with Religious Profession
Advice for Children
Remarks on Religious Education
My Own Way
This priceless volume completes the trilogy by the Abbott’s on the Christian Home. Gorham Abbott (1807-1874) was the younger brother of John Abbott who wrote the other two titles, “The Mother at Home” and “The Child at Home.” “The Family at Home” contains 68 practical chapters covering everything from courtship and marriage to showing respect for the aged. These 68 chapters are brief but filled with wise and godly advice for the entire family. Sample chapters as follows: MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, DEFERENCE TO PARENTS, PUNCTUALITY & PROCRASTINATION, MUTUAL FORBEARANCE, CORRECTING MISTAKES, PEACE AND FORGIVENESS, KINDNESS AMONG NEIGHBORS, FAMILY PRAYER, HELPING ONE ANOTHER, REVERENCE TO THE AGED, CHRISTIAN PATRIOTISM, MAXIMS ON SELF-EXAMINATION, TRUE RICHES, CROSSES AND AFFLICTIONS, THE WIDOW AND THE FATHERLESS, CHRISTIAN CONTENTMENT AND CHEERFULNESS, REMARKS FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.
pc10 Sexual Purityis an exhortation to purity in sexual matters for the Christian. We look at various aspects of the issue.
Topics: It is not an impossible fight! | The Biblical Model | Homosexuality and Prostitution | Nudity and the Mind | Self-Stimulation | Resisting the Temptation.
Excerpts: Job 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? Job understood that sexual sin begins with the sight, and the seeing before desiring. Job made a covenant with himself, a commitment that he would not look on young women to desire them or to let his imagination run wild with them even their image or in his thoughts. Equally, Jesus taught us in Mat. 5:28 that even thinking sinful thoughts without doing them is as sinful as actually doing them. This is an amplification of Exo 20:17 “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife”. David saw before taking (2Sam 11:2).
Fasting is to teach us that the body does not control over us, and this is exactly what is necessary for people with this problem. This sin is pinned to the thoughts, “for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he” Pro 23:7. “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” Phil 4:13.
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