eth and believeth in Me shall never die."

For every one of us, according to his character and his needs, Christ
speaks a fitting word from God, because He is The Word of God; and every
word which He speaks to us is true, and sure, and eternal, according to
the laws of God His Father. For He is The Word who endures for ever in
heaven; and though heaven and earth may pass away, His words cannot pass
away.

Yes; Christ The Word speaks to all: but most of all to children: to the
children, of whom He said--"Suffer the little children to come to me, and
forbid them not;"--of whom He said to grown-up people, not--Except these
children be converted and become as you--He left that message for the
Pharisees of His own time, and of every age and creed: but--Except you
grown people be converted and become as little children, you, and not
they, shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Let us tell children that--that Christ Himself is speaking to them. That
The Word of God is educating them. That the Light who lightens every man
who comes into the world is labouring to enlighten them, their intellect
and memory, their emotions and their consciences. Let that be the ground
of all our education of children. Then it will matter little to us who
teaches them what is miscalled secular knowledge. For we shall tell our
children--In it, too, Christ is teaching you. The understanding by which
you understand the world about you is Christ's gift. The world which you
are to understand is Christ's world; for He laid the foundation of the
earth, and it abideth. The physical laws of the universe are Christ's
laws; for all things serve Him, and continue this day according to His
ordinance. Every natural object is a result of Christ's will, and its
organization a product of Christ's mind; for without Him was not anything
made that was made. The whole course of events, great and small, is
Christ's providence; for to Him all power is given in heaven and earth.
So far, therefore, from being afraid to teach our children Natural
Science, we shall hold it a sacred duty to teach it; for it is the will
and mind of Christ, The Word of God.

And as for morality--we shall be ready to teach that, as far as the
prudential and paying virtues are concerned, as boldly and on the very
same grounds as the merest Utilitarian. For we shall teach honesty,
courtesy, decency, self-restraint, patience, foresight, on the warrant of
the Bible; which