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.
1921Walter A. MaierWalther League Messenger
More Consecration
Consecrating yourselves means giving yourselves to the service of the Lord; it means surrendering yourselves, your very bodies and souls, means rising above the low and ordinary things of this life and coming into a very holy and intimate relation with the God whom we would serve.
1915The Lutheran Pioneer
Trifles Make for Perfection
In striving after holiness, do not forget that trifles, the little things, count for very much.
1914The Northwestern Lutheran
On Going to Church
Resolve that you will foster no thought, fix your eyes on no object, utter no word that will tend to divert your mind from the holy purpose for which you have come into this place.
1924Hans Manthey ZornThe Lutheran Witness
Courtship and Marriage: Conduct of the Betrothed and Newly Married
The rearing of a family, the raising of children, is the proper function of the holy estate of matrimony. There the purity of the nation is preserved. There is the blessing of God.