3. True religion is another inheritance which should descend to the
children of the Christian home. This is an undefiled and imperishable
treasure, which does not become worthless at the grave, but which will
continue to increase in preciousness as long as the ages of eternity shall
roll on. If through the parent's pious agency, the child comes into
possession of this invaluable blessing, there is given to him more than
earthly treasure, more than pecuniary competency, more than a good name, or
a fair reputation, or a high social position in this life; he receives a
title to and personal meetness for, the undefiled and imperishable
inheritance of heaven, composed of glittering crowns of glory, of
unspeakable joys, and sweet communion with all the loved and cherished
there. Thus the fruits of a parent's labor for the salvation of his
children constitute an infinitely more valuable patrimony than all the
accumulated fruits of his industry in behalf of wealth. All the wealth, and
rank, and reputation which may descend from parent to child, can not
supersede the necessity of a spiritual patrimony. It is only, as we have
seen in a former chapter, when you minister to the spiritual wants of your
children and tinge all their thoughts and feelings with a sense of
eternity; when your home is made a spiritual nursery; and you work for
their eternal benefit, and thereby secure for them the fulfillment of those
blessed promises which God has given concerning the children of believing
parents, that you leave them a patrimony worthy the Christian home.
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