For Altar and For Hearth

Lutheran Wisdom for Church and Home

Echoing the bold witness of faithful Lutherans of generations past as they proclaimed the Word of God in its truth and purity on matters of daily and spiritual life.


1923 Walter A. Maier Walther League Messenger

The Christian and His Home

If the story of the Cross of Jesus finds an abiding place in any home, that family is indeed blessed and endowed with the power that makes this life of ours really worth living. Such a home will have Christ the Glory of time, the Crown of eternity.

1921 Carl Manthey-Zorn Northwestern 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.

1924 The Lutheran Witness

Making the Home Beautiful

Even on the humblest family rests the obligation of making the home attractive, for old and young alike.

1923 The Northwestern Lutheran

Whom Shall I Marry?

Our characters are insensibly moulded by those with whom we pass our time. To none does this apply so much as to married people. Husbands and wives are continually doing either good or harm to one another's souls.

1923 The Northwestern Lutheran

The Treasure of Marriage

Marriage is a sacred rite, in that two people solemnly covenant before God and in His name to live in holy bonds of matrimonial relationship until death parts them. But back of marriage are the privileges and the functionings, the duties and the division of labor that involve a family, that normally requires children.