Religion & morality > Great importance of parental instruction

PARENTAL INSTRUCTION.
Train up a child in the nay he should gc
and when h# is old he will not depa
from it. Proverb
That the religiouseducation of his child re
is a concern of tiie utmost importance, i
conscientious parent is disposed to den
He admits the claim of the infant mind
tender and careful cultivation. He cons
ders himself as standing in a place of hig
responsibility, and to train up his child
the way he should go, ” he feels it to be £
imperious duty, which he cannot negle
without incurring a great degree of gui’
Happy would it be for the rising genen
tion, happy for parents themselves, and f
the world at large, if these feelings we
more generally acknowledged and obeyes
It is, however, too common to limit tl
provision we make for our children to tt
wants and conveniences of the present lift
Chiefly concerned about “ what they sha
eat, or what they shall drink, and when
withal they shall fee clothet], ” we suffer
demands of the body to drown the cries ji
the immortal mind for its congenial nonj