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The father should do his part toward making home happy. Whatever his cares and business perplexities, they should not be permitted to overshadow his family; he should enter his home with smiles and pleasant words.

Fathers should leave business cares outside and bring cheerfulness into the home. This offers moral counsel regarding emotional expression and household atmosphere.

In a sense the father is the priest of the household, laying upon the family altar the morning and evening sacrifice. But the wife and children should unite in prayer and join in the song of praise. In the morning before he leaves home for his daily labor, let the father gather his children about him and, bowing before God, commit them to the care of the Father in heaven. When the cares of the day are past, let the family unite in offering grateful prayer and raising the song of praise, in acknowledgment of divine care during the day.

Family worship involving prayer and praise should be led by the father morning and evening. This is a devotional and religious instruction regarding daily family worship and prayer.