April 19, 2006
PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:11 pm
Never Too Young
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."
Proverbs 22:6
British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once had a discussion with a man who firmly believed that children should not be given formal religious instruction, but should be free to choose their own religious faith when they reached maturity. Coleridge did not disagree, but later invited the man into his somewhat neglected garden. “Do you call this a garden?â€
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."
Proverbs 22:6
British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once had a discussion with a man who firmly believed that children should not be given formal religious instruction, but should be free to choose their own religious faith when they reached maturity. Coleridge did not disagree, but later invited the man into his somewhat neglected garden. “Do you call this a garden?â€