And see! it is not even kept in decent order. The dust of
many day's neglect has gathered thick upon its lids. Oh, Christian parents,
when you thus close up the wells of salvation by the trash of degenerate
taste and vitiated morals, you are despising the testimonies of the Lord,
and leading your children step by step to the verge of destruction. You may
buy them splendid, bibles, gilt and clasped with gold, and have their names
labeled in golden letters upon its lid; but if the good old family bible is
neglected, and the yellow covered literature of the day substituted in its
stead; if you permit them to buy and read love-sick tales in preference to
their bible, and they see you do the same, you are but making a mock of
God's Word, and must answer before Him for your children's neglect of its
sacred pages.
Let me, therefore, affectionately admonish you to be faithful to that
precious book you call the family bible. Read it to your children every
day. From its sacred pages teach them the way to live and the way to die.
Let it be an opened, studied family chart to guide you and them in visions
of untold glory to the many mansions of your Father's offered home in
heaven. It will soothe your sorrows, calm your fears, strengthen your
faith, brighten your hopes, and throw around the graves of the loved and
the cherished dead, the light and promise of reunion in heaven!
"A drop of balm from this rich store,
Hath healed the broken heart once more.
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