The child : its spiritual nature / by Henry King Lewis.

  • Lewis, Henry King.
Date:
1896
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Credit: The child : its spiritual nature / by Henry King Lewis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    generally, in the development of human affection^ self- denial, and refinement of manners, may be briefly dis- cussed in a supplementary section. But where there is no light, the habitations of cruelty reveal the hardness of heart, which leads to the brutal sacrifice of children, or their gross ill-treat- ment. Thanks to the Rev. Benjamin Waugh, for his valuable and successful efforts in our own country, to expose and correct this crying evil. The ultimate purpose of the book is Christian life. In Christ, the boy, we have the ideal child ; and in His teaching we are furnished with the laws of a Kingdom which is based upon true childhood. His words contain enough, and more than enough, to cor- rect the misconceptions which for ages have tended to obscure or pervert the “ simplicity that is in Christ.”