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After you have done your duty faithfully to your children, then
carry them to God and ask Him to help you. Tell Him that you have
done your part, and then in faith ask God to do His part, that which
you cannot do. Ask Him to temper their dispositions, to make them
mild and gentle by His Holy Spirit. He will hear you pray. He will
love to answer your prayers. Through His Word He has enjoined it
upon you to correct your children, to “spare not for their crying,” and
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His Word is to be heeded in these things
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