Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1847. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... strength beyond their own : after much is done, much will remain undone ; for the entire regulation of the heart and affections is not the work of education alone, but is effected by the operation of divine grace. Will it be accounted enthusiasm to suggest, " that the fervent, effectual prayer of a righteous parent availeth much 1 " and to observe that, perhaps, the reason wiry so many anxious mothers fail of success is, because they repose with confidence in their own skill and labor, neglecting to look to Him without whose blessing they do but labor in vain ? On the other hand, is it not to be feared that some pious parents have fallen into an error of an opposite kind ? From a full conviction that human endeavors are vain, and that it is God alone who can change the heart, they are earnest in their prayers, but not so earnest in their endeavors. Such parents should be reminded, that if they do not add their exertions to their prayers, their children are not likely to be more benefited than the children of those who do not add their prayers to their exertions. What God hath joined, let not man presume to separate. It is the work of God, we readily acknowledge, to implant religion in the heart, and to maintain it there as a ruling principle of conduct. And is it not the same God which causes the corn to grow ? Are not our natural lives constantly preserved by his power 1 Who will deny that in him we live, and move, and have our being ? But how are these works of God carried on ? By means which he has appointed. By the labor of the husbandman, the corn is made to grow ; by food, the body is sustained ; and by religious instruction, God is pleased to work upon the human heart. But unless we diligently plough, and sow, and weed, and manure, have we any right to de...
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