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and requirements, the greater diligence is needed to fix them in the
mind and impress them upon the heart.
Greater attention should be given by religious teachers to instruct-
ing the people in the facts and lessons of Bible history and the warnings
and requirements of the Lord. These should be presented in simple
language, adapted to the comprehension of children. It should be a
part of the work both of ministers and parents to see that the young are
instructed in the Scriptures.
Parents can and should interest their children in the varied knowl-
edge found in the sacred pages. But if they would interest their sons and
daughters in the word of God, they must be interested in it themselves.
They must be familiar with its teachings, and, as God commanded
Israel, speak of it, “when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou
walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”
Deuteronomy 11:19
. Those who desire their children to love and
reverence God must talk of His goodness, His majesty, and His power,
as revealed in His word and in the works of creation.
Every chapter and every verse of the Bible is a communication
from God to men. We should bind its precepts as signs upon our hands
and as frontlets between our eyes. If studied and obeyed, it would lead
God’s people, as the Israelites were led, by the pillar of cloud by day
and the pillar of fire by night.
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