The groundwork of true religion
“If children are to be instructed in the groundwork of true religion, ought they not to discover in those placed over them a lively example thereof? …Of what importance then is it for guardians of children to rule their own spirits; for when their tempers are irritable, their language impetuous, their voices exerted above what is necessary, their threatenings unguarded, or the execution of them rash, however children may for a time suffer under these things, they are not instructed thereby in the groundwork of true religion.”
— Sarah Grubb, 1790
Quaker minister and founder of a girls’ school
Today’s Invitation
Give children a lively example of true religion.
This Week’s Query
What was your experience of spirituality as a child?
How would you explain the Divine to a child?
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