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D OMES TIC ED UCA TION.
ual, nor the artistic, nor the military, nor the
financial, nor the political; but the moral and the
spiritual, which is the highest because it is the
essential, and the immortal, the only form of
greatness which makes us acceptable to him who
is the Lord of lords, and the King of kings; it
is, therefore, the only greatness that exalts an in¬
dividual to the society of heaven, and crowns
him with eternal life.
But a greater than the archangels has legis¬
lated for the family and the household—it is the
Infinite Legislator—that legislation is expressed
in the text which we are unfolding, and which' is
illustrated and confirmed by many a parallel state¬
ment of the inspired Scriptures, and by the indis¬
putable biography of great men.
And yet the overwhelming majority of fami¬
lies will not heed it; therefore, the overwhelming
majority of children have never been trained in
the way they should go; and, therefore, even
where many have succeeded as politicians, finan¬
ciers, professional or other business men, their
lives have been moral failures; because, if the
mother think the government of the father is too
rigid, in his absence—when he is busied making
bread and butter for his family—she will loosen
the reins, and let the boy or the girl trample law,
order, and government under the feet. This is
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