"Thus I at that time believed with my mother and the whole house, except my father; yet he did not overcome the influence of my mother's piety in me so as to prevent my believing in Christ, as he had not yet believed in Him. For she was desirous that You, O my God, should be my Father rather than he."
— Augustine
Source: Confessions, Book I, ch. 11
Child, Road
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"Precious, no doubt, are these little ones in your eyes; but if you love them, think often of their souls. No interest should weigh with you so much as their eternal interests. No part of them should be so dear to you as that part which will never die. … He that has trained his children for heaven, rather than for earth, — for God, rather than for man, — he is the parent that will be called wise at last."
— J.C. Ryle
Source: The Duties of Parents, point 4
Child, success, holiness, character
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"Yet, if I know my own depraved heart, I feel willing, yea, anxious, if it be the will of Heaven, to live and die without ever again beholding the land of my nativity and the friends of my childhood. It is sufficient to know that I do it for Christ. To him can I go in every time of trouble, and from him do I expect to receive every good and perfect gift."
— Henrietta Shuck
Source: A Memoir of Mrs. Henrietta Shuck (ed. J. B. Jeter, 1846), letter to her father written at sea, Oct. 6
Child, get rich, great, lamb, follow, grape
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