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THE

CHRISTIAN FATHER'S

PRESENT

то

HIS CHILDREN.

BY J. A. JAMES.

"And thou, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy father, and
serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind. For the Lord
searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
thoughts; if thou seek him he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake
him, he will cast thee off for ever."
1 Chron. xxviii. 9

"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth."
S John 3.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

FOURTH AMERICAN EDITION.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY JONATHAN LEAVITT, 182 BROADWAY.
BOSTON: CROCKER AND BREWster, 50 cornhill.

Gray & Bunce, Printers.

CONTENTS.

VOL. I.

An Address to Christian Parents

CHAPTER I.

On the anxiety of a Christian Parent for the Spiritual

Welfare of his Children

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CHAPTER II.

On the Dispositions with which we should enter upon

an Inquiry into the Nature of Religion

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On the Advantages and Responsibility of a Pious Edu-

cation

CHAPTER VI.

On the most Prevailing Obstacles which prevent Young

People from entering on a Religious Life

CHAPTER VII.

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