Where it
is not, parents are recreant to their duty. It is the basis of all
teaching, because it reveals "the truth, the way and the life," because it
is God's testimony and message, and is "profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness," and was written
"for our learning, that we, through patience and comfort of the scriptures,
might have hope," and be made "wise unto salvation."
"While thou wert teaching my lips to move
And my heart to rise in prayer,
I learned the way to a home above;
And thou shalt meet me there!"
Its invaluable treasures, its manifoldness, its beautiful simplicity, its
striking narrative, its startling history, its touches of home-life, its
expansive views of human nature, of this life and of that which is to come,
its poetry, eloquence, and soul-stirring sympathies and aspirations, make
it the book for home-training. These features of its character will develop
in beautiful harmony the whole nature of your child. Do you wish to inspire
them with song? What songs are like those of Zion? Do you wish them to come
under the influence of eloquent oration? What orations so eloquent as those
of the prophets, of Christ, and of his apostles? Do you desire to refine
and elevate their souls with beauty and sublimity? Here in these sacred
pages is a beauty ever fresh, and a sublimity which towers in dazzling
radiance far beyond the reach of human genius.
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