President David O McKay taught that our most precious possession is our family, and that home is the chief school of human virtues. Of the home, he declared: Home, its responsibilities, joys, sorrows, smiles, tears, hopes, and solicitudes form the chief interests of human life. When one puts business or pleasure above his home, he, that moment, starts on the downgrade to soul-weakness.

When the club becomes more attractive to any man than his home, it's time for him to confess, in bitter shame, that he has failed to measure up to the supreme opportunity of his life and flunked in the final test of true manhood. No other success can compensate for failure in the home. The poorest shack, in which love prevails over a united family, is a far greater value to God and future humanity than any other riches. In such a home, God can work miracles and will work miracles.

Along with the principle that no success can compensate for failure in the home, President McKay sincerely believed and taught that it is possible to make home a bit of heaven. He observed, "Indeed, I picture heaven to be a continuation of the ideal home."