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HEREDITY
they may not cut off from the children the blessed influence of the Lord, but in every way may suffer them to come to Him. Often one might grow careless or be led away by some sudden impulse, but the thought of the children who look to him for help reminds him to be faithful. "For their sakes I sanctify myself."' It is our first duty to the children.
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HEAVEN'S HOLD UPON THE CHILD.
"Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good."--ISAIAH vii. 15.
"Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger."--PSALM viii. 2.
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UR study of heredity has taught us that every one inherits a tendency to the evils which have been developed and confirmed in the lives of many generations of ancestors. There are also some good traits of inheritance, but these are a feeble ground of resistance to the evil tendencies, both because of their fewness, and still more because good of inheritance,
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