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influence is this to bring to bear upon families whom God is seeking
to instruct and to reform from lax ideas in regard to discipline!
In your blind and foolish fondness you have both surrendered to
your child. You have allowed her to hold the reins in her tiny fists, and
she ruled you both before she was able to walk. What can be expected
of the future in view of the past? Let not the example of this indulged
and petted child give lessons which will testify against you, and which
the judgment will show have resulted in the loss of scores of children.
If men and women accept you as a teacher from God, will they not be
inclined to follow your pernicious example in the indulgence of their
children? Will not the sin of Eli be yours? and will not the retribution
that fell on him fall on you? Your child will never see the kingdom
of God with her present habits and disposition. And you, her parents,
will be the ones who have closed the gates of heaven before her. How,
then, will it stand in regard to your own salvation? Remember that you
will reap what you sow.
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