Fathers

    Fathers

Let’s thank the Lord for fathers on this their special day;
We make so much of mothers that fathers fade away.

In far too many cases, the majority, it seems,
The lot of many fathers is to be behind the scenes.

Our society’s great disaster is that fathers, to their grief,
Have given up, forsaken, their place as head and priest.

Instead of being honoured as head of house and home,
O so many fathers let mothers stand alone.

The home has suffered greatly; the world’s in disarray;
Divorce is running rampant and children run away,

Or else, in many cases, they’re physically abused
By mothers and by fathers who don’t care how they are used.

So stand up, Christian father, and take your priestly place
As head of home and household; yea, stand there by God’s grace.

Be not among the weaklings; stand straight and tall and sure
On the Holy Word of Almighty God that ever shall endure.

Give love and honour to your wife, as Christ has loved His own,
And work with her, side by side, to make a loving home

Where children are welcomed, cherished, with love that’s sweet and pure,
Disciplined, trained up in the Lord, and made to feel secure.

We give honour to our mothers and to our fathers, too,
For God, in His commandments, so said that we should do.

Let us not forget the fathers when honour is being given,
For a Christian father is a blessing from the Father who’s in heaven.

    — a. franklin staples                

    Copyright © 1993 by a. franklin staples