...the living, though I might there appeal to facts which confirm the truth of that gracious promise, " Train up a child in the way in which he should go, and when he is old he shall not depart from it." own gratifications. What portion of our goods ought to...

...suffer his children to grow up in ignorance and crime ; violating express commands, which bade him " train up a child in the way in which he should go," and " bring up his children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord," from a mere speculative idea, that...

...humanize man after he has grown up — to change the lion into a lamb, is the prerogative of God; but to train up a Child in the way in which he should go, is (he injunction of the same God, who will never withhold his blessing upon his own express precept....

...enjoyment of God, for evermore. The/?rs< part of the discourse having discussed the duty (A the text, "train up a child in the way in which he should go," the second Is devoted to the consideration of the promise annexed to it, "'and when he is old he will...

...importance of this was understood three thousand years ago. Solomon sets it down as an adage that "if you train up a child in the way in which he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it." That man comes into the world to receive his character...

...might, however, be asked, by way of reply, whether it would not be a hopeless undertaking, to attempt to train up a child in the way in which he should go, without this promise of spiritual strength ? How vain a thing it must be, to set before a child the...

...to furnish them with the means of self-improvement, is an evil resembling the neglect of a parent to train up a child in the way in which he should go, and implies the neglect of an obligation similar in character to the parental duty, though vastly different...

...shall be established before him." 4. But this duty is also one of express scriptural inculcation : " Train up a child in the way in which he should go." To which is annexed the promise that " when he is old he will not depart from it." God speaks of his...

...to follow r luioi» even In ridiculous things: Solomon refers to the power of kabit when he says, ' train up a child in the way in which he should go ; end when he is old he will not depart from it ;' a power which cannot be employed too early in the...

...is the most interesting theme, but also of the truth of that unerring declaration of scripture — " Train up a child in the way in which he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." This worthy and beloved father, as he remarks, had strong...