4. We will not hide them from their children. Our negligent silence must not deprive our own and our father’s
offspring of the precious truth of God. Showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord. We
will look forward to future generations, and endeavor to provide for their
godly education. It is the duty of the church of God to maintain, in fullest
vigor, every agency intended for the religious education of the young; to them
we must look for the church of the future, and as we sow towards them, so shall
we reap. Children ought to be made to know his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. The first lesson for a child should be concerning
his mother’s God. Teach him what you will, if he learn not the fear of the Lord
he will perish for lack of knowledge. Around the fire-side fathers should
repeat not only the Bible records, but the deeds of the martyrs and reformers,
and moreover the dealings of the Lord with themselves both in providence and
grace. Children should be taught cheerfully by word of mouth by their own
mothers and fathers, as well as by the printed pages of what they too often
regard as dull, dry task books.
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