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... instruction , may not be ascribed to the fact , that some are educated in habits of industry and some in habits of idleness . It is a sad mistake in parents to educate their children mere- ly for spheres of splendid accomplish- ment . I ...
... instruction , may not be ascribed to the fact , that some are educated in habits of industry and some in habits of idleness . It is a sad mistake in parents to educate their children mere- ly for spheres of splendid accomplish- ment . I ...
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... instruction can inform , or authority can bind . " Precept constrains ; exam- ple allures . Precept compels ; example persuades . Precept is a dead , example a living law . " Especially has example influence over the young . Next to the ...
... instruction can inform , or authority can bind . " Precept constrains ; exam- ple allures . Precept compels ; example persuades . Precept is a dead , example a living law . " Especially has example influence over the young . Next to the ...
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... instructions ? The effect of example on the minds of children is very apt to be decisive . In habits of thinking , in demeanor , they yield insensibly to the almost omnipo- tent power of example HINTS TO PARENTS . 43.
... instructions ? The effect of example on the minds of children is very apt to be decisive . In habits of thinking , in demeanor , they yield insensibly to the almost omnipo- tent power of example HINTS TO PARENTS . 43.
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... sure to tinge the views and infuse itself into the spirit of his children . It becomes parents to see to it , that they do not defeat their instructions by their example . The absence of correct example HINTS TO PARENTS . 45.
... sure to tinge the views and infuse itself into the spirit of his children . It becomes parents to see to it , that they do not defeat their instructions by their example . The absence of correct example HINTS TO PARENTS . 45.
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Gardiner Spring. instructions by their example . The absence of correct example is one great reason why they are so ... instruction . Children are not merely creatures of imitation , who receive impressions from 46 HINTS TO PARENTS .
Gardiner Spring. instructions by their example . The absence of correct example is one great reason why they are so ... instruction . Children are not merely creatures of imitation , who receive impressions from 46 HINTS TO PARENTS .
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Page 91 - Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 51 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 62 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Page 105 - For I know him, that he will command his children, and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 107 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 107 - They shall not build and another inhabit ; They shall not plant and another eat ; For as the days of a tree are the days of my people And mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands They shall not labour in vain. Nor bring forth for trouble ; For they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.
Page 106 - O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever ! Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
Page 106 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Page 106 - But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Page 104 - ... for I, the LORD thy GOD, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me ; and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep my commandments.