Training Children in the Home
“Probably there is no greater need of the hour than that our pastors should impress upon the people of their charges, and especially upon those who have the responsibility of a household, the high and sacred obligation of training their children and youth in the ways of the Lord. This obligation can never be delegated to Sunday-school teachers. God has laid it upon parents, and all the instincts of nature should but serve to strengthen the obligation. It can never be rightfully discharged except by the parents themselves. And the proper place, the heaven-appointed place, is the home circle, the household altar, the family fireside. Nothing in this world can take the place of the household influence when that influence begins early and is exerted on Christian principles. What the church needs, and what all her children need, is true religion in all her families.”—Interior.