For Altar and For HearthLutheran Wisdom for Church and Home

Carl Manthey-Zorn

1921Carl Manthey-ZornNorthwestern Publishing House

Prevention of Pregnancy

How can such hearts be graced with faith and fear of the Lord and with the mind of a child of God? How can God’s blessing rest upon such a home? We verily believe that God’s wrath hovers there.

1931Carl Manthey-ZornNorthwestern Publishing House

Whereby Should a Christian Be Governed in Choosing a Spouse?

Not merely by love and attachment. Let men be guided by Proverbs 31:10-31, and women by Psalm 128.

1921Carl Manthey-ZornConcordia Publishing House

A Beautiful Story of Family Worship

Never in all his life did he attend a more beautiful family worship. That man and his wife loved their children with a true and a genuine love. They meant to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

1921Carl Manthey-ZornConcordia Publishing House

The Blessed Vocation of Motherhood

What a blessed thing to be a wife and mother! This is a vocation that is well-pleasing unto God, for God has instituted the estate of matrimony and ordained all that it comprises.