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Remains and Occasional Publications of the Late Rev. John Davison, B.d.
Remains and Occasional Publications of the Late Rev John Davison Bd Author:John Davison General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1840 Original Publisher: J.H. Parker Subjects: Education Christianity Church history Sermons, English Theology Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christianity / General Rel... more »igion / Christian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Religious and Moral Education recommended. SERMON PEEACHED IN ST. HILDA'S CHURCH, SOUTH SHIELDS, On Sunday, September 11, SERMON. Job xxviii. 28. And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. 1 HE right education of the young has so great an influence upon the welfare of themselves, and of Society at large, that it becomes one of the best works of Christian benevolence, and public utility, to lend our endeavours in promoting this beneficial object. God has ordained that the young should be cast upon our care for the instruction of their minds, and the formation of their moral principles. They are born in ignorance; and they cannot be their own teachers; nor find their way, unguided, to that useful knowledge which is necessary to some among them, to fit them for their callings in life; nor to that better knowledge, which is necessary to them all, to direct them into a course of Piety and Virtue, and thereby fit them for theattainment of a Blessed Immortality. Thus the good providence of God, the Maker both of young and old, has given the one in charge to the other. He has made the rising race, who are the flower and dearest hopes of our families, the increase of our country, and the continual succession of His Church upon earth, to depend, ...« less