CHAPTER VI PARENTS AS INSPIRERS Primal Ideas derived from Parents           ‘One of the little boys gazing upon the terrible desolation of the scene, so unlike in its savage and inhuman aspects anything he had ever seen at home, nestled close to his mother, and asked with bated breath, “Mither, is there a God here?”’—John Burroughs.           The Chief Thing we have to do.—The last … Continue reading Parents and Children Volume 2 Chapter 6

CHAPTER V PARENTS AS INSPIRERS The Things of the Spirit           Parents, Revealers of God to their Children.—It is probable that parents as a class feel more than ever before the responsibility of their prophetic office.  It is as revealers of God to their children that parents touch their highest limitations; perhaps it is only as they succeed in this part of their work that … Continue reading Parents and Children Volume 2 Chapter 5

CHAPTER IV PARENTS AS INSPIRERS The Life of the Mind grows upon Ideas           ‘Sow and act, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.’           Summary of the Preceding Chapter.—The last chapter closed with an imperfect summary of what we may call the educational functions of parents. We found that it rests with the parents of the … Continue reading Parents and Children Volume 2 Chapter 4