Hints to Parents on the Religious Education of Children |
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... things that ultimately go into the account of a re- ligious education , and exert a powerful though indirect influence in forming the moral character , that to confine my re- marks to that course of education which is purely religious ...
... things that ultimately go into the account of a re- ligious education , and exert a powerful though indirect influence in forming the moral character , that to confine my re- marks to that course of education which is purely religious ...
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... thing beneath the sun . They must not be excluded from the world , but taught how vain and empty a thing it is . The sooner a child is led to see that there is a higher object of pursuit than his own advancement ; that there are more ...
... thing beneath the sun . They must not be excluded from the world , but taught how vain and empty a thing it is . The sooner a child is led to see that there is a higher object of pursuit than his own advancement ; that there are more ...
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... things for thyself ? Seek them not . " -Let children be taught that God sent them into the world to do their duty , to fill up their life with usefulness , and thus to honor his great name . Let this generous principle have its seat in ...
... things for thyself ? Seek them not . " -Let children be taught that God sent them into the world to do their duty , to fill up their life with usefulness , and thus to honor his great name . Let this generous principle have its seat in ...
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... thing detestable and vicious . The main object of attention in the education of children , is their religious ... things are looked back on by me with less satisfaction , than my own conduct in respect to my children , except in one ...
... thing detestable and vicious . The main object of attention in the education of children , is their religious ... things are looked back on by me with less satisfaction , than my own conduct in respect to my children , except in one ...
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... thing else ought to be made subservient . The high privilege and obligation of parents is , to " bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord . " Whatever others may say , or do 32 HINTS TO PARENTS .
... thing else ought to be made subservient . The high privilege and obligation of parents is , to " bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord . " Whatever others may say , or do 32 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.