It Would Seem From This Fact, That

In Macbeth A Lady Is Restrained From The Murder Of A King By His Resemblance Of Her Father As He Slept. Should Not All Men Be Restrained From Acts Of Violence And Even Of Unkindness Against Their Fellow Men By Observing In Them Something Which Resembles The Savior Of The World? If Nothing Else Certainly, A Human Figure?

If Moral Precepts Alone Could Have Reformed Mankind, The Mission Of The Son Of God Into All The World Would Have Been Unnecessary. The Perfect Morality Of The Gospel Rests Upon The Doctrine Which, Though Often Controverted Has Never Been Refuted: I Mean The Vicarious Life And Death Of The Son Of God.

Mothers And Schools Plant The Seeds Of Nearly All The Good And Evil Which Exists In The World.

By Withholding The Knowledge Of [the Scriptures] From Children, We Deprive Ourselves Of The Best Means Of Awakening Moral Sensibility In Their Minds.

I Grant This Mode Of Secluding Boys From The Intercourse Of Private Families Has A Tendency To Make Them Scholars, But Our Business Is To Make Them Men, Citizens, And Christians. The Vices Of Young People Are Generally Learned From Each Other. The Vices Of Adults Seldom Infect Them. By Separating Them From Each Other, Therefore, In Their Hours Of Relaxation From Study, We Secure Their Morals From A Principal Source Of Corruption, While We Improve Their Manners By Subjecting Them To Those Restraints Which The Difference Of Age And Sex Naturally Produce In Private Families.