Take Care what You Are Teaching Your Children By Your Example.

O parents, parents!
(James Smith)

"Fathers, do not exasperate your 
children; instead, bring them up 
in the training and instruction 
of the LORD." Ephesians 6:4

Children are keen observers, 
and are much more powerfully 
affected by what they see--
than by what they hear. 
It is of little use to talk 
to them of the gospel--
if we do not adorn the doctrine 
of GOD our SAVIOR in our lives. 

Thousands of children are ruined 
by the conduct of their parents--
and many of them professing 
Christian parents!

O parents, parents! Take 
care what you are teaching 
your children by your example. 
You are always influencing
them for good--or evil. 

You are leading them to Heaven--
or Hell. Not a day passes, but 
you produce impressions--
perhaps permanent impressions--
either good or bad.

When parents profess to be 
Christians, and do not carry out 
Christian principles in their daily lives--
can we be surprised if their children 
turn out ungodly?

I fear that the blood of many 
children's souls--will be found 
on their parents' garments! 

I fear the open criminality 
of many children--
is but a public exposure of
 the secret inconsistency 
of many professedly 
Christian parents!

How much attention is 
frequently paid to the body--
how little to the soul! 

How much time and expense 
are spent on nurturing the mind--
and how little on the heart! 

How many educate for time--
not for eternity! 

How many prepare their children 
to take a wealthy place in the world--
how few endeavor to prepare their 
children to take a place in Heaven!    

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"My Whistling Neighbor".