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Scripture as Punishment

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Aug 30, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 33.

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Scripture as Punishment

If there is a species of punishment more execrable than another, it is that of making children learn Scripture as a penalty for their offenses. Rev. Charles Garrett, the President of the Wesleyan Conference, says he lately found in a school a boy who for some offense was ordered to learn a portion of Scripture, and above all chapters the fourteenth of John. And there the poor little fellow stood sobbing and murmuring as best he could, "Let not your heart be troubled." How can boys so treated love the Bible?—Baptist Weekly.