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evil is postponed and comes to our consciousness only gradually, we still are no better able to meet it unless in the meantime, while the natural disposition is sleeping, good gains a positive hold upon us. If in some way this can be brought about, then when the evil tendencies are allowed gradually to awaken, the child has some-thing to compare them with, to judge of their real quality; he has some ground to stand upon to offer effective resistance.
And this help the Lord gives. He provides that in the first years of life, before the natural
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inheritance is aroused, holy influences shall be with every child. He accomplishes this in part by touching the hearts of parents and others in this world, to show a tenderness towards little children, which calls out their affection in return. Of this we must speak later. But this is not the only means of giving the foundation of goodness which is so necessary for after-life. This is too feeble a means and too uncertain to be trusted to alone. The strongest influences
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