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Our Duty to the Children: 58 total pages.

because the Lord does His part, it does not follow that there is nothing for men to do. His providence always needs our co-operation. The very sentence which tells us of His care for future generations reminds us also of our own responsibility. "The iniquities of the fathers upon the children." The son is not made guilty by his father's sin; no one is condemned because of a bad heredity; and yet it still is true that careless and wicked parents make the way harder for their children. On the other hand, ought not a knowledge of the laws of heredity put it in the power of the well disposed to lessen the burden which is handed on from parent to child from generation to generation? No doubt it ought. The words of the commandment dis­tinctly imply it. But here we are on holy ground. One who would assume to predetermine and control the character of a child is surely touching with profane hands what belongs to the Lord 16 OUR DUTY TO THE CHILDREN alone. Human efforts in this direction must be rather negative than positive. They must be efforts

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