Show START THE CHILDREN RIGHT parents can not begin too roo soon tha th proper training of young liven but why should wo be afraid of talk ing grown grom n up to the children it makes them feel to their delight that we are trusting them honoring them link ing them into cur our thoughts and widen ing the horizon of theira always it Is 1 aikem liko wormwood normn in a childs mouth tho the tense that w m a are playing down to him putting him off with baby talk let us a give him not that bitter stuff but something more nourishing I 1 have often that I 1 could rite write a little book of philosophy for children only this juvenile juventio version of tho the foundation cf belief would be like its erlat namesake noble introductory it would mould be intended to prepare tho the children to think as they ought of christianity atwould it would be an ail attempt to give them some eort cort ol 01 hold according to their strength on the assurance that among the needs minis mints to by christianity are some aich which increase rather than diminish 1 I ith the tile grom growth th of knowledge and tho the Ir progress Dro groes ogress of science and that this re gion Is therefore no more reform appropriate prop only to a varnished epoch in the history of culture and civilization but a development of theism now moro necessary to us than ever por the children haio hate so far to go franj their earliest love of pictures of 11 aby jesus to any sort or kind of brown up Chri christian Ettan faith that they had better be off oft as eoon soon as possible go they will let lot us hope whether we send them thein or not eo so we might as well bt bekin to get tham now for none of f us 1113 knows how bow long we shall have thea o 0 kith us north oNo rth american ho ro view 41 |