...our compliance with it will not be in vain ; especially as he hath declared, that if we train up. a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it. CHAP. VII. The same subject (obedience to the first commandment J is continued ; and...

...poor of the rising generation ; we arc entitled from sacred scripture to hope, that if we " train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it." The strength of early impressions have often a most influential effect upon the future...

...reflection, then, which we shall at present deduce from this subject, is, that if the child is trained up in the way he should go, when he is old, he will not depart from it. O, that I could open to you the little breasts of your offspring, and show you the...

...direction of the wise man, who declares, if we "train up a child in the way he should go, when be is old he will not depart from it." Should the wisdom...it a pleasing duty to give it all my attention and support. I am, Sir, Your obedient and faithful Servant, (Signed) T. PRICE, Chaplain, John Henry Capper,...

...reflection, the/i, which we shall at present deduce from this subject, is, that if the child is trained up in the way he should go, when he is old, he will not depart from it. O, that I could open to you the little breasts of your offspring, and show you the...

...of children. The word of God and all experience testifies to the truth, that, if we -• train up a child in the way he should go, when -he is old he will not depart from-it." Yet in a land professing to be Christian, how little is this encouraging precept acted...

...you do wrong:—Eli's sons you know were never restrained; but God promises that if we ' train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it.' And if God blesses the means we use to bring up our children in the fear of God, He...

...consequent upon it. These are comprehended in the latter \ clause of the text ; if a child be trained up in the way he should go, when he is old, he will not depart from it. This is a proverb, and therefore must be interpreted with the latitude permitted to...

...nurture and admonition of the Lord; yea, with a prediction or half promise, that if we " train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he shall not depart from it ;" Prov. xxii. 6. Now it is certain that God will usually bless that which...

...remains a truth sanctioned by Infinite Wisdom and general experience, that if a child be trained up in the way he should go, when he is old, he will not depart from it. We are not leaving out of view either the doctrine of human depravity, or the necessity...