Christian Names. Much in a Name. Naming a Child should not be
Arbitrary. Nebuchadnezzar. Adam. The Hebrews. Woman. Eve. Cain. Seth.
Samuel. Dr. Krummacher. Names now Given. The Folly and Evil of it. Why we
should give Suitable Names. Why Scriptural Names. Mary. Instances of Proper
Christian Names.
CHAPTER XIII.
HOME AS A NURSERY.--Idea of Nursing. What a Nursery Is. The sense in which
Home is a Nursery. Character of the Home-Nursery. The Mother's Special
Sphere. Relation of the Nursery to the Formation of Character. The Nursery
is Physical. Sickly and Immoral Nurses. Consequences. It is Intellectual.
Its Abuse. It is Moral and Spiritual. The Ways in which the Nursery is
Abused. Boarding Schools.
CHAPTER XIV.
HOME-SYMPATHY.--An Argument against the Neglect and Abuse of the Nursery.
Its Natural Elements. Its Definition and Nature. The Ancients. Baptista
Porta. Plato. Middle Ages. It is Passive and Active. Its Disease. Good
Samaritan. Rousseau. Robespierre. Its Relation to Natural Affection. Its
Relation to Woman. Its Religious Elements. Christ. Ruth. Joseph. Mother of
Samuel. Peter. Esther. Paul. Family of Lazarus. Its True Pattern. Its
Attractive Power. Unfaithfulness to its Law. Its Highest Element.
CHAPTER XV.
FAMILY PRAYER.--Its Relation to Home-Sympathy. Its Necessity. Its Idea. Dr.
Dwight's View. The Duty to establish it Proven. Its Neglect. Excuses from
Family Prayer.
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