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right and the duty Of the parent to train it mp
IN the right way, that is in the way the parent
believes tobe right The right ofthe father to
| command and tho duty of the son to obey, is
thus shown upon the authority orthe Old Tes-
! lament, tn have been established By Col hiu,- |
srIf. And the teachings Of the New Tesla |
| ,nent a5undantly prove that. instead Of being |
abroga.ed in any respect. Glial obedience was |
mculcated with all the solemn sanctions which /
could be derived from the New Dspensaiion
The iiiih commandment, 'honor thy father /
and thy mother," was repeated and enoined |
by 81. Paul, in his Epistle to the Collossians.
Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this
Is right. EpheSians, 6: /. Children obey your
parents in all things, for thus is well pleasing
unto the Lord Collossians 81 20. lianv thing
can give an additional weigh, to the authority |
on which rests the doctrine of iilial obedience,
II Is the practical commentary furnished by the |
Saviour himself. In his quality Of Cop, i, !
was incumbent on han To be about the bust |
ness OF l,is Heavenly Father at Jerusalem,
"ho,h hearing The doctors and asking them
| questions" But IN his quality OF MAN, lie left
| the temple, and lis teachings of wisdom, aud
IN obedience 10 the wishes of his earthly nat-
ents, she went down with them 10 Nazareth,
AND MAS SUBJECT UNTO THEM" Luke =: .
/ 1jr. Adam Clark, in his commentaries on
The 4Sth chapter Of Genesis declares that the
duty of children to their parents is neat in or
def and Importance to he duty ,ce once 10 God
NO circumstances can alter its nature or lessen
lis importance. "lIonor thy father and thv
mother, is lissoyereign everlasting omuand-
ment of God.p
faiey i'll his system of Ethics, declares it to
oe the duty OF Il parent To educa,chis children.
10 lorln them for life of usefulness and vir
tue, ana asserts that he has right to such au-
hority, aud In support of that authority, tn
exercise such discipline may DC necessary
E Tor these purposes"
DIR. Adams i'll his work upon the same sub
Ject, says that children are to regard their par
ents as standing in the most venerable and the
, most endearing of all earthly relations 10 them
as TO those 10 whom under God they owe ev-
cry 'hing they are, and every thing they hope
; 10 oe. Ihey are to regard them as the persons
10 whose Kindness, care and government they
have been committed By God hi,nself'
o The great and good DR.. Wayland, Prcsiden,
etoi Brown University. and distinguished
|. minister of the Gospel Of the same dcnoaainn-
non 81 ne prosecutor, declares in his work on
II noral science, that "t!c right of the parent is
ri to coa'maud-thc duty ofthc child is to obey
G author!y~belongs to the one--submission To
:, The other. This relation" he continues. sis
O eSfa0fLShed by tie Creator. The failure OF ore
: party docs not annihiate the obligations OF
p Inc other. II the parent be unreasonable this
q does not release the child. He is still bound
$ to honor and obey and reverence his parent
G The duty OF parents is to educate their chill
n dren IN such manner they (the parents) be-
, iieve Will be most for their future happiness.
e both temporal and eternal. The parent is un
n der obligations TO cause his child to he in
structed an those religious sentiments. achich he
g one parem} believes 10 be according 10 tie qcili
: 81 Cod With his duty III this respect .lo one
Il aasf EtgAt Ia nltf1aftfi IN athfna@' fs sc6ii1
What he believes, but in believing what is false
$ Without having used the means which God
: mas given nm to arrive at the truth I'm such
iiiatiefs ne is the alimate and the oniy respo,,-
1 Stolc authority While he exercises parental
du'ies, within thci: prescribed limits, he is, bv
i ne lore Of God, exempt from interference both
q from individuals and from society. In infancy.
= under2l) the control of parent over tie child
Is d0S0ime, that Is, it is exercised aciihout arm
, nt$Pec' ~hdteccr 10 lie aciSheS of tic child"
: hcSe arc Inc sentiments of a man of great
ieafhing, Plety and purity of heari--of one
whose lame has extended itself IN this wide
!, spread union, and the learned and the good of
other nations, have been taught to know and to
appreciate his exalted worth. His works will
remain, after The present generation Shall have
passed away, an impersbable monumeD, to
his memory
The doctrines Of the common law are in
accordance with these principles 1t is the du-
" OF the parent 10 maintain and educate The
child, and leposseSses the resulting authority
10 control 1t IN all things necessary to the ac
comptlShment of these objects The law has
assigned no limits TO the authority OF the par
cnt over the child, except that it must not be
, exercised Ill such manner as to endancer its
safety or morals. Ii the parent should lrans
cend his authority in this respect, an appea!
, does Eotiie TO Ike ministers OF the eospcl of
any denomination. Application for relief can
only be made to the authorities entrusted by
tiie supremacy of the law with the high power
, OF controlling Parental authority where the
morals or safety of the child require such in
reference. l. Blackstone 150; Kent's Com
nen'ares 2O5 The Orphans Court have, BY
law, the right TO appoint guardians for orphan
children-but so careful have the legislature
been OF the right of the parent to have his Off
spring brought up in the religious persuasion
TO which he belongs, that the court are bound
TO have respect 10 this consideration in the Sc
lection OF guardians, and persons of the same
religious faith as The parents, must be prefer
red over all others. The highest judicial pow
er III the Commonwealth dare not attempt to
esiranse the child from the religious faith of
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