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title: 'The Family Institution — Its Sacredness and Significance'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Samuel Merrill Woodbridge'
date: 1856-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
- 'Sermons'
- 'Personal Piety'
scriptures:
- 'Jeremiah 31'
- 'Genesis 2'
- 'Romans 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/woodbridge-1856-the-family-institution-its-sacredness-and-significance
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# The Family Institution — Its Sacredness and Significance

Sermon on the family as a divinely instituted, sacred foundation for church and state. It stresses God's dwelling in households, parental duty, and the family's symbolic link to heaven.

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