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Monday, February 9, 2009

Homes: Schools for Eternity


All should realize the sublime idea that their houses are the schools for eternity; their children the scholars; themselves the teachers; and evangelical religion the lesson. Yes, with every infant born into the family comes the injunction from God, "Take this child and bring it up for Me!" God sent this child into the world, to be trained up in the way he should go—that is in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Those parents who neglect the religious education of their children, whatever else they may impart, are more guilty than Herod! He slew the children of others—they slay their own children! He slew only the body—they slay the soul! He slew them by hired assassins—they slay their children themselves! We shudder at the cruelties of those who sacrificed their babes to Moloch; but how much more dreadful an immolation do they practice, who offer up their sons and daughters to Satan, by neglecting the education of their souls, and leaving them to grow up in ignorance of God and their eternal destiny!

-John J. Adams, Female Piety

5 comments:

  1. Wow! Great food for thought and so true. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Can you tell me the name of the artist of the print titled, CHANGING THE WORLD WITH A VISION OF MULTIGENERATIONAL FAITHFULNESS.
    Thank you.

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  3. Wow! I got chills when I read that second paragraph. Thank you for sharing that.

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  4. This is awesome. Do you mind if I share it from my blog? Thanks for such a beautiful cyber space to visit.

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