LETTERS TO PARENTS.

On Early Religious Instruction.

LETTER I. Page 145.

Children should be taught the truths of Scripture.-
The evil of teaching them to expect the favour of God as
the reward of obedience.-Instruction should commence
early. Maternal Influence.-Habitual attention neces-
sary. Reproof should be administered with affection,-
Caution to be observed when speaking of Ministers.-
Remarks on Boarding-Schools.

On the Obligation of Parents to give Religious
Instruction.

LETTER II. Page 161.

General inattention which is manifested to family Re-
ligion.-Evil of it.-Reformation necessary.-Parents un-
der great obligations to instruct their Children.-The
claims of the children-forcible, ought not to be disre-
garded. The claims of the Church-deserving of notice.
-What is meant by Church.-The instruction which a
Minister imparts comparatively useless, unless Parents
co-operate. The power of influence. The preservation
of the Church certain, yet great losses often sustained by
death, which must be repaired by fresh accessions.-The
claims of the world.-The world justly expects a corres-
pondence between a person's profession and conduct.-
As Religious principles are essential to the welfare of So-

ciety, a Parent cannot more effectually promote it, than
by instilling them into the minds of his children. The
authority of God inforces parental attention.- The awful
solemnities of the day of Judgment.

The Encouragements which are given to Parents
to give Religious Instruction.

LETTER III. Page 179.

Children of religious Parents not always pious.-The
cause to which this must be referred.-Sometimes to the
misconduct of the Parent.-His engagements so numerous
that he cannot pay that attention to them which they re-
quire. The order of duties appointed.--The importance
of observing it.-Religious instruction, if not immediately
successful, not in vain.-Illustrated in the case of the Rev.
Mr. Cecil.-Parents should not despair.-Success, possi-
ble, probable.-The influence which religious instruction
sometimes assumes over a dissipated mind.-Remarkable
confession.

LETTER IV. Page 190.

Subject continued. The language of the Scriptures
authorises a Farent to expect success in his labours.-
Pious acknowledgments of Mrs. Rowe.-The character
of the present dispensation of Mercy and the peculiar
aspect of the times afford great encouragement.

On the Loss of Children.

LETTER V. Page 203.

Children often die.-The sorrow which their death oc◄
casions. The evils which they escape.-Their removal
may be designed to prevent keener anguish in future-to
impress on the mind of the Parent the necessity of person-
al religion-to make him more attentive to the spiritual
welfare of the surviving parts of his family, or to coun-
teract the influence of prosperity.-Should be borne in
submission to the will of God. Conclusion.

MEMOIR

OF

Miss E. Humphries.