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SECTION IV.

ON THE RULES AND EXAMPLES FURNISHED BY THE

SCRIPTURES ON THE SUBJECT OF EDUCATION.

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EXAMPLES FURNISHED BY THE NEW TESTAMENT OF

THE BLESSING ATTENDING THE RIGHT TRAINING

OF CHILDREN.

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The Apostles

ANDERSON

164

The Character of Timothy

M

175

God has bound Himself by Pro-

mise to bless the Children

of Believers

178

God commands Parents to teach

their Children His ways,

and to bring them up in

His fear

183

God has given Promises of pecu-

liar care and protection to

Fatherless Children

187

SECTION VI.

EXAMPLES OF THE BLESSING WHICH RESULTS FROM

EARLY PARENTAL INSTRUCTION.

The Pieoes signed M., E. and J. have never before been published.

PREFACE.

The following work professes little more than to have drawn into one focus, the thoughts and feelings of many of the wise and excellent of the earth, on the all-important subject of maternal duties, and to have presented from God's word the strongest encouragements and warnings to those who either follow or disobey its commands on this matter.

The only apology further offered for the intrusion of the present work on the public, will be in the words of the excellent Doddridge—“We are so near the eternal state, and must so soon be silent in the dust, that methinks nothing which looks like a call of Providence, directing to any opportunity of doing good to the souls of men,