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I. THE LOVE OF A RELIGIOUS HOME. Two kinds of love for the offspring.

1. The natural love.

2. The spiritual love, which has respect to the spiritual being, relations, and interests of the children.

II. THE TRAINING OF A RELIGIOUS HOME.

1. The parent's teaching is worth retaining.

2. The parent's teaching is practical.

3. The parent's teaching is quickening to all the powers, intellectual and moral.

III. THE INFLUENCE OF A RELIGIOUS HOME.

1. The susceptibility of childhood.

2. The force of parental affection. Religious homes are the great want of the race.

(David Thomas, D.D.)

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KJV: Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

WEB: Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;